#508495#508495

#508495 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.061 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508495
RGB	rgb(80, 132, 149)
HSL	hsl(195, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 46%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -12.61, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 19.25, 229.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0464 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.061 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9824, 20.3767, 31.4661)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508495 #956150

analogous

#509584 #508495 #506195

triadic

#508495 #955084 #849550

tetradic

#508495 #845095 #956150 #619550

square

#508495 #845095 #956150 #619550

split-complementary

#508495 #955061 #958450

monochromatic

#253D45 #3B616D #508495 #70A2B2 #98BCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#508495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#508495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508495

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508495	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#308A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 132, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.061 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a7b4',
    500: '#508495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508495;
$custom-light: #85a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.783,
    "s": 30.131,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58346,
    "c": 0.0613,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508495

secondary

#B4968C

accent

#7A61C6

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #508495

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

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