#506BDE#506BDE

#506BDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.177 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#506BDE
RGB	rgb(80, 107, 222)
HSL	hsl(229, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(229, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 51.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 26.18, -61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 67.15, 292.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.0001 -0.1775)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.177 270)
XYZ	xyz(21.7463, 17.4928, 71.3235)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#506BDE #DEC350

analogous

#50B2DE #506BDE #7C50DE

triadic

#506BDE #DE506B #6BDE50

tetradic

#506BDE #DE50B2 #DEC350 #50DE7C

square

#506BDE #DE50B2 #DEC350 #50DE7C

split-complementary

#506BDE #DE7C50 #B2DE50

monochromatic

#1C3497 #2645CB #506BDE #8397E8 #B7C2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#506BDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#506BDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #506BDE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##506BDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##506BDE	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#247BE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #506bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 107, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.177 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f95e9',
    500: '#506bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #506bde;
$custom-light: #8f95e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#506bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.592,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56907,
    "c": 0.17746,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.17495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#506BDE

secondary

#E1D6A9

accent

#CA3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #506BDE

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

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