#508AE2#508AE2

#508AE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.146 H 258.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508AE2
RGB	rgb(80, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 8.54, -50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 51.09, 279.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0291 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.146 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1193, 25.3709, 75.4573)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508AE2 #E2A850

analogous

#50D3E2 #508AE2 #5F50E2

triadic

#508AE2 #E2508A #8AE250

tetradic

#508AE2 #E250D3 #E2A850 #50E25F

square

#508AE2 #E250D3 #E2A850 #50E25F

split-complementary

#508AE2 #E25F50 #D3E250

monochromatic

#1A4E9E #2368D2 #508AE2 #84ADEB #B9D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#508AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#508AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508AE2

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508AE2	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6391E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.146 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fabeb',
    500: '#508ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ae2;
$custom-light: #8fabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.164,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63544,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508AE2

secondary

#E3CDAB

accent

#A639EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #508AE2

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

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