#505E68#505E68

#505E68 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.024 H 239.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E68
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 104)
HSL	hsl(205, 13%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(205, 23%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.09, -2.92, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.09, 8.04, 248.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.37% -0.0122 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(47.37% 0.024 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8090, 10.7101, 14.6445)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E68 #685A50

analogous

#506866 #505E68 #505268

triadic

#505E68 #68505E #5E6850

tetradic

#505E68 #665068 #685A50 #526850

square

#505E68 #665068 #685A50 #526850

split-complementary

#505E68 #685052 #686650

monochromatic

#1B1F23 #353F45 #505E68 #6B7D8B #8C9BA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#505E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#505E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E68

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E68	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5E69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#496161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.024 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818b93',
    500: '#505e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e68;
$custom-light: #818b93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47372,
    "c": 0.02372,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E68

secondary

#95887F

accent

#8E72B6

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F1

border

#C9CBCB

text

#0A0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E68

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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