#508BB5#508BB5

#508BB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.089 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BB5
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 181)
HSL	hsl(205, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -6.89, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 28.71, 256.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0428 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.089 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8783, 23.5051, 47.1438)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BB5 #B57A50

analogous

#50B5AC #508BB5 #5058B5

triadic

#508BB5 #B5508B #8BB550

tetradic

#508BB5 #AC50B5 #B57A50 #58B550

square

#508BB5 #AC50B5 #B57A50 #58B550

split-complementary

#508BB5 #B55058 #B5AC50

monochromatic

#294A61 #3B6B8C #508BB5 #7BA8C7 #A6C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#508BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#508BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BB5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BB5	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.089 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88accb',
    500: '#508bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bb5;
$custom-light: #88accb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.95,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61399,
    "c": 0.08894,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BB5

secondary

#C7AD9A

accent

#8A57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BB5

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

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