#508BB8#508BB8

#508BB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.092 H 243.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BB8
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 184)
HSL	hsl(206, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -5.94, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 29.98, 258.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0418 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.092 243.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1895, 23.6296, 48.7824)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BB8 #B87D50

analogous

#50B8B1 #508BB8 #5057B8

triadic

#508BB8 #B8508B #8BB850

tetradic

#508BB8 #B150B8 #B87D50 #57B850

square

#508BB8 #B150B8 #B87D50 #57B850

split-complementary

#508BB8 #B85057 #B8B150

monochromatic

#294B65 #3B6B90 #508BB8 #7CA8CA #A7C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#508BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#508BB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BB8

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BB8	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.092 243.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89accd',
    500: '#508bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bb8;
$custom-light: #89accd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.962,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6154,
    "c": 0.09231,
    "h": 243.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BB8

secondary

#C9AF9B

accent

#8C56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BB8

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

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