#508AAD#508AAD

#508AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.081 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508AAD
RGB	rgb(80, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -8.81, -24.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 25.81, 250.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.0445 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.081 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9368, 22.8979, 42.8962)
Luminance	0.2290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508AAD #AD7350

analogous

#50ADA2 #508AAD #505BAD

triadic

#508AAD #AD508A #8AAD50

tetradic

#508AAD #A250AD #AD7350 #5BAD50

square

#508AAD #A250AD #AD7350 #5BAD50

split-complementary

#508AAD #AD505B #ADA250

monochromatic

#294759 #3D6983 #508AAD #79A6C1 #A3C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#508AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#508AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508AAD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508AAD	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.081 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acc5',
    500: '#508aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508aad;
$custom-light: #88acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.581,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60798,
    "c": 0.08092,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508AAD

secondary

#C2A797

accent

#865BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508AAD

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

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