#505EAE#505EAE

#505EAE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.127 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505EAE
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 174)
HSL	hsl(231, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(231, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 46%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, 18.13, -44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 48.10, 292.15°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.008 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.127 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9485, 12.7659, 41.7125)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505EAE #AEA050

analogous

#508DAE #505EAE #7150AE

triadic

#505EAE #AE505E #5EAE50

tetradic

#505EAE #AE508D #AEA050 #50AE71

square

#505EAE #AE508D #AEA050 #50AE71

split-complementary

#505EAE #AE7150 #8DAE50

monochromatic

#29315A #3D4784 #505EAE #7A84C2 #A3ABD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#505EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#505EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505EAE

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505EAE	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B68B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3060AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#236F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.127 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#888bc7',
    500: '#505eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505eae;
$custom-light: #888bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.064,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51032,
    "c": 0.12702,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505EAE

secondary

#C2BC98

accent

#BC5BCD

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0C13

muted

#7D7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #505EAE

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

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