#508497#508497

#508497 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.063 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508497
RGB	rgb(80, 132, 151)
HSL	hsl(196, 31%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -12.03, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 19.69, 232.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0455 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.063 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1434, 20.4411, 32.3143)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508497 #976350

analogous

#509786 #508497 #506197

triadic

#508497 #975084 #849750

tetradic

#508497 #865097 #976350 #619750

square

#508497 #865097 #976350 #619750

split-complementary

#508497 #975061 #978650

monochromatic

#263E47 #3B616F #508497 #71A2B4 #99BCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#508497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#508497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508497

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508497	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 132, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.063 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a7b5',
    500: '#508497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508497;
$custom-light: #85a7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.056,
    "s": 30.736,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58428,
    "c": 0.06268,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508497

secondary

#B6988D

accent

#7C61C7

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #508497

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

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