#505E70#505E70

#505E70 is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.034 H 254.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505E70
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 112)
HSL	hsl(214, 17%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(214, 29%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 16.1%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, -0.82, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 12.00, 266.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% -0.0089 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.034 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2348, 10.8804, 16.8870)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505E70 #706250

analogous

#506E70 #505E70 #525070

triadic

#505E70 #70505E #5E7050

tetradic

#505E70 #70506E #706250 #507052

square

#505E70 #70506E #706250 #507052

split-complementary

#505E70 #705250 #6E7050

monochromatic

#1D2229 #36404C #505E70 #697C94 #8D9BAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#505E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#505E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505E70

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505E70	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#476264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.034 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#828b99',
    500: '#505e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505e70;
$custom-light: #828b99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47697,
    "c": 0.03396,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505E70

secondary

#9B9081

accent

#996EB9

background

#F7F8F9

surface

#EEF0F2

border

#C9CBCC

text

#0A0C0D

muted

#7C7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #505E70

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

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