#508BB9#508BB9

#508BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.093 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BB9
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -5.62, -29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 30.42, 259.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0415 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.093 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2946, 23.6716, 49.3364)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BB9 #B97E50

analogous

#50B9B3 #508BB9 #5057B9

triadic

#508BB9 #B9508B #8BB950

tetradic

#508BB9 #B350B9 #B97E50 #57B950

square

#508BB9 #B350B9 #B97E50 #57B950

split-complementary

#508BB9 #B95057 #B9B350

monochromatic

#294B66 #3A6B92 #508BB9 #7CA8CA #A7C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#508BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#508BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BB9

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BB9	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#778CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6981B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.093 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acce',
    500: '#508bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bb9;
$custom-light: #89acce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.286,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61588,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BB9

secondary

#C9B09B

accent

#8C55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BB9

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

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