#508BAD#508BAD

#508BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.080 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BAD
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(202, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, -9.37, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 25.58, 248.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0456 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.08 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0809, 23.1861, 42.9442)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BAD #AD7250

analogous

#50ADA0 #508BAD #505DAD

triadic

#508BAD #AD508B #8BAD50

tetradic

#508BAD #A050AD #AD7250 #5DAD50

square

#508BAD #A050AD #AD7250 #5DAD50

split-complementary

#508BAD #AD505D #ADA050

monochromatic

#294859 #3D6983 #508BAD #79A7C1 #A3C2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#508BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#508BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BAD

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BAD	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#129496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.080 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acc5',
    500: '#508bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bad;
$custom-light: #88acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.935,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61034,
    "c": 0.08049,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BAD

secondary

#C2A797

accent

#855BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BAD

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

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