#508BA5#508BA5

#508BA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.073 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BA5
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 165)
HSL	hsl(198, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -11.80, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 22.95, 239.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0486 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.073 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3299, 22.8857, 38.9888)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BA5 #A56A50

analogous

#50A594 #508BA5 #5060A5

triadic

#508BA5 #A5508B #8BA550

tetradic

#508BA5 #9450A5 #A56A50 #60A550

square

#508BA5 #9450A5 #A56A50 #60A550

split-complementary

#508BA5 #A55060 #A59450

monochromatic

#284653 #3C687C #508BA5 #76A7BC #9FC1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#508BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#508BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BA5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BA5	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	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)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.073 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adbf',
    500: '#508ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ba5;
$custom-light: #87adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.353,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60686,
    "c": 0.07313,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BA5

secondary

#BDA093

accent

#7F5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BA5

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

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