#505FA8#505FA8

#505FA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.117 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#505FA8
RGB	rgb(80, 95, 168)
HSL	hsl(230, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(230, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 43.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.33, 15.52, -41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.33, 43.97, 290.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.0058 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.117 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4661, 12.7161, 38.7304)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#505FA8 #A89950

analogous

#508BA8 #505FA8 #6D50A8

triadic

#505FA8 #A8505F #5FA850

tetradic

#505FA8 #A8508B #A89950 #50A86D

square

#505FA8 #A8508B #A89950 #50A86D

split-complementary

#505FA8 #A86D50 #8BA850

monochromatic

#293055 #3C487F #505FA8 #7783BE #A0A9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#505FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#505FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #505FA8

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##505FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##505FA8	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4168AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3760A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#296F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #505fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 95, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.117 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#878cc2',
    500: '#505fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #505fa8;
$custom-light: #878cc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#505fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.773,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50861,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#505FA8

secondary

#BFB895

accent

#B95CCC

background

#F8F8FC

surface

#F0F0F8

border

#CBCBD1

text

#0C0C12

muted

#7D7D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #505FA8

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

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