#508BA8#508BA8

#508BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.076 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BA8
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(200, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -10.90, -21.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 23.87, 242.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0475 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.076 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6062, 22.9962, 40.4437)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BA8 #A86D50

analogous

#50A899 #508BA8 #505FA8

triadic

#508BA8 #A8508B #8BA850

tetradic

#508BA8 #9950A8 #A86D50 #5FA850

square

#508BA8 #9950A8 #A86D50 #5FA850

split-complementary

#508BA8 #A8505F #A89950

monochromatic

#294655 #3C697F #508BA8 #77A7BE #A0C2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#508BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#508BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BA8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BA8	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.076 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acc2',
    500: '#508ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ba8;
$custom-light: #87acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.773,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60814,
    "c": 0.07574,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BA8

secondary

#BFA395

accent

#815CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BA8

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

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