#508BB1#508BB1

#508BB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.085 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BB1
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 177)
HSL	hsl(204, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -8.14, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 27.10, 252.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0442 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.085 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4738, 23.3433, 45.0132)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BB1 #B17650

analogous

#50B1A6 #508BB1 #505AB1

triadic

#508BB1 #B1508B #8BB150

tetradic

#508BB1 #A650B1 #B17650 #5AB150

square

#508BB1 #A650B1 #B17650 #5AB150

split-complementary

#508BB1 #B1505A #B1A650

monochromatic

#29495D #3C6A87 #508BB1 #7AA7C4 #A5C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#508BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#508BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BB1

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BB1	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#089598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.085 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acc8',
    500: '#508bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bb1;
$custom-light: #88acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.505,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61214,
    "c": 0.0846,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BB1

secondary

#C4AA99

accent

#875ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BB1

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

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