#508ACD#508ACD

#508ACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.119 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508ACD
RGB	rgb(80, 138, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 32.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 1.47, -40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 40.30, 272.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0343 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.119 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4122, 24.2881, 61.2000)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508ACD #CD9350

analogous

#50C9CD #508ACD #5450CD

triadic

#508ACD #CD508A #8ACD50

tetradic

#508ACD #CD50C9 #CD9350 #50CD54

square

#508ACD #CD50C9 #CD9350 #50CD54

split-complementary

#508ACD #CD5450 #C9CD50

monochromatic

#244E7E #326BAE #508ACD #80AADB #AFCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#508ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#508ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508ACD

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508ACD	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 138, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.119 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabdc',
    500: '#508acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508acd;
$custom-light: #8cabdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.16,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62372,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508ACD

secondary

#D6BEA2

accent

#9949DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #508ACD

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

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