#508BAE#508BAE

#508BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.082 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BAE
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(202, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -9.07, -24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 25.95, 249.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.0453 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.082 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1781, 23.2250, 43.4557)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BAE #AE7350

analogous

#50AEA2 #508BAE #505CAE

triadic

#508BAE #AE508B #8BAE50

tetradic

#508BAE #A250AE #AE7350 #5CAE50

square

#508BAE #A250AE #AE7350 #5CAE50

split-complementary

#508BAE #AE505C #AEA250

monochromatic

#29485A #3D6A84 #508BAE #7AA7C2 #A3C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#508BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#508BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BAE

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BAE	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.082 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acc6',
    500: '#508bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bae;
$custom-light: #88acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.34,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61078,
    "c": 0.0815,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BAE

secondary

#C2A798

accent

#855BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BAE

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

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