#506EDE#506EDE

#506EDE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.174 H 269.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#506EDE
RGB	rgb(80, 110, 222)
HSL	hsl(227, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 50.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 24.31, -60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 65.28, 291.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.0028 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.174 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0645, 18.1293, 71.4296)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#506EDE #DEC050

analogous

#50B5DE #506EDE #7950DE

triadic

#506EDE #DE506E #6EDE50

tetradic

#506EDE #DE50B5 #DEC050 #50DE79

square

#506EDE #DE50B5 #DEC050 #50DE79

split-complementary

#506EDE #DE7950 #B5DE50

monochromatic

#1C3697 #2649CB #506EDE #8399E8 #B7C3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#506EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#506EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #506EDE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##506EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##506EDE	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7DE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #506ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 110, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.174 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f97e9',
    500: '#506ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #506ede;
$custom-light: #8f97e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#506ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.324,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57495,
    "c": 0.17375,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#506EDE

secondary

#E1D5A9

accent

#C63DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #506EDE

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

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