#508BAF#508BAF

#508BAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.083 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BAF
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 175)
HSL	hsl(203, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -8.76, -24.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 26.32, 250.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0449 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.083 237)
XYZ	xyz(20.2759, 23.2641, 43.9711)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BAF #AF7450

analogous

#50AFA4 #508BAF #505BAF

triadic

#508BAF #AF508B #8BAF50

tetradic

#508BAF #A450AF #AF7450 #5BAF50

square

#508BAF #A450AF #AF7450 #5BAF50

split-complementary

#508BAF #AF505B #AFA450

monochromatic

#2A485B #3D6A85 #508BAF #7AA7C2 #A4C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#508BAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#508BAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BAF

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BAF	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	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)

#7A8AB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508baf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.083 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acc7',
    500: '#508baf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508baf;
$custom-light: #88acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508baf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.737,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61123,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.23266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BAF

secondary

#C3A898

accent

#865BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BAF

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

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