#505E6E#505E6E

#505E6E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.031 H 251.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E6E
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 110)
HSL	hsl(212, 16%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(212, 27%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, -1.36, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 10.94, 262.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% -0.0097 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.031 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1247, 10.8363, 16.3070)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E6E #6E6050

analogous

#506D6E #505E6E #51506E

triadic

#505E6E #6E505E #5E6E50

tetradic

#505E6E #6E506D #6E6050 #506E51

square

#505E6E #6E506D #6E6050 #506E51

split-complementary

#505E6E #6E5150 #6D6E50

monochromatic

#1C2127 #36404B #505E6E #6A7C91 #8D9BAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#505E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#505E6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E6E

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E6E	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#486263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.031 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#818b97',
    500: '#505e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e6e;
$custom-light: #818b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212,
    "s": 15.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47613,
    "c": 0.03121,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E6E

secondary

#9A8E80

accent

#966FB9

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E6E

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

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