#508BBD#508BBD

#508BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.098 H 245.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BBD
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(208, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -4.34, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 32.20, 262.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0401 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.098 245.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7228, 23.8429, 51.5916)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BBD #BD8250

analogous

#50BDB8 #508BBD #5054BD

triadic

#508BBD #BD508B #8BBD50

tetradic

#508BBD #B850BD #BD8250 #54BD50

square

#508BBD #B850BD #BD8250 #54BD50

split-complementary

#508BBD #BD5054 #BDB850

monochromatic

#284C6A #396C97 #508BBD #7CA8CE #A9C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#508BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#508BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BBD

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BBD	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6781BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.098 245.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acd1',
    500: '#508bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bbd;
$custom-light: #89acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.523,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61781,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 245.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BBD

secondary

#CCB29D

accent

#8F53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BBD

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

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