#506ADE#506ADE

#506ADE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.179 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#506ADE
RGB	rgb(80, 106, 222)
HSL	hsl(229, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(229, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 52.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 26.80, -62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 67.78, 293.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.0008 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.179 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6427, 17.2855, 71.2890)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#506ADE #DEC450

analogous

#50B1DE #506ADE #7D50DE

triadic

#506ADE #DE506A #6ADE50

tetradic

#506ADE #DE50B1 #DEC450 #50DE7D

square

#506ADE #DE50B1 #DEC450 #50DE7D

split-complementary

#506ADE #DE7D50 #B1DE50

monochromatic

#1C3397 #2644CB #506ADE #8396E8 #B7C2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#506ADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#506ADE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #506ADE

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##506ADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##506ADE	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#207AE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00859A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #506ade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 106, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.179 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f94e9',
    500: '#506ade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #506ade;
$custom-light: #8f94e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#506ade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.014,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56713,
    "c": 0.17869,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#506ADE

secondary

#E1D6A9

accent

#CB3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #506ADE

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

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