#508AA9#508AA9

#508AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.077 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508AA9
RGB	rgb(80, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, -10.04, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 24.37, 245.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0459 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.077 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5555, 22.7454, 40.8882)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508AA9 #A96F50

analogous

#50A99C #508AA9 #505EA9

triadic

#508AA9 #A9508A #8AA950

tetradic

#508AA9 #9C50A9 #A96F50 #5EA950

square

#508AA9 #9C50A9 #A96F50 #5EA950

split-complementary

#508AA9 #A9505E #A99C50

monochromatic

#294656 #3C687F #508AA9 #77A6BF #A1C1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#508AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#508AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508AA9

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508AA9	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.077 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc2',
    500: '#508aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508aa9;
$custom-light: #87acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.899,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60621,
    "c": 0.07697,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508AA9

secondary

#C0A495

accent

#835CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508AA9

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

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