#508A9E#508A9E

#508A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.068 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508A9E
RGB	rgb(80, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -13.32, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 21.21, 231.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0502 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.068 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5660, 22.3496, 35.6767)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508A9E #9E6450

analogous

#509E8B #508A9E #50639E

triadic

#508A9E #9E508A #8A9E50

tetradic

#508A9E #8B509E #9E6450 #639E50

square

#508A9E #8B509E #9E6450 #639E50

split-complementary

#508A9E #9E5063 #9E8B50

monochromatic

#27434D #3B6775 #508A9E #73A6B8 #9CC0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#508A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#508A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508A9E

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508A9E	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.068 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acba',
    500: '#508a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508a9e;
$custom-light: #86acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 32.773,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60155,
    "c": 0.06784,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508A9E

secondary

#BA9B90

accent

#7A5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #508A9E

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

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