#505EB7#505EB7

#505EB7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.140 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505EB7
RGB	rgb(80, 94, 183)
HSL	hsl(232, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(232, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 48.6%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, 21.12, -48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 53.31, 293.34°)
OKLab	oklab(51.63% 0.0092 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(51.63% 0.14 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8554, 13.1286, 46.4891)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505EB7 #B7A950

analogous

#5092B7 #505EB7 #7650B7

triadic

#505EB7 #B7505E #5EB750

tetradic

#505EB7 #B75092 #B7A950 #50B776

square

#505EB7 #B75092 #B7A950 #50B776

split-complementary

#505EB7 #B77650 #92B750

monochromatic

#293164 #3B468F #505EB7 #7B86C9 #A7AEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#505EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#505EB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505EB7

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505EB7	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#336ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2461B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#157282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 94, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.140 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898bcd',
    500: '#505eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505eb7;
$custom-light: #898bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.845,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51625,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505EB7

secondary

#C8C29B

accent

#C156D2

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F9

border

#CBCBD2

text

#0C0C13

muted

#7D7D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #505EB7

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

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