#508BAC#508BAC

#508BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.080 H 234.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BAC
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(202, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, -9.68, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 25.22, 247.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.046 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.08 234.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9845, 23.1476, 42.4365)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BAC #AC7150

analogous

#50AC9F #508BAC #505DAC

triadic

#508BAC #AC508B #8BAC50

tetradic

#508BAC #9F50AC #AC7150 #5DAC50

square

#508BAC #9F50AC #AC7150 #5DAC50

split-complementary

#508BAC #AC505D #AC9F50

monochromatic

#294758 #3D6982 #508BAC #79A7C1 #A2C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#508BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#508BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BAC

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BAC	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#149496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.080 234.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acc4',
    500: '#508bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bac;
$custom-light: #88acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.522,
    "s": 36.508,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60989,
    "c": 0.07951,
    "h": 234.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BAC

secondary

#C1A697

accent

#845BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BAC

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

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