#508AC8#508AC8

#508AC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.112 H 251.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508AC8
RGB	rgb(80, 138, 200)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 31%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -0.19, -37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 37.82, 269.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0357 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.112 251.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8183, 24.0505, 58.0721)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508AC8 #C88E50

analogous

#50C6C8 #508AC8 #5250C8

triadic

#508AC8 #C8508A #8AC850

tetradic

#508AC8 #C850C6 #C88E50 #50C852

square

#508AC8 #C850C6 #C88E50 #50C852

split-complementary

#508AC8 #C85250 #C6C850

monochromatic

#264D78 #346BA6 #508AC8 #7FA9D7 #ADC8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#508AC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#508AC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508AC8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508AC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508AC8	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6081C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 138, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.112 251.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babd9',
    500: '#508ac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ac8;
$custom-light: #8babd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 251.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508AC8

secondary

#D3BBA1

accent

#964CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #508AC8

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

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