#508BC8#508BC8

#508BC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.112 H 250.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BC8
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 200)
HSL	hsl(211, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 30.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -0.77, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 37.37, 268.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0368 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.112 250.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9624, 24.3387, 58.1201)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BC8 #C88D50

analogous

#50C7C8 #508BC8 #5150C8

triadic

#508BC8 #C8508B #8BC850

tetradic

#508BC8 #C850C7 #C88D50 #50C851

square

#508BC8 #C850C7 #C88D50 #50C851

split-complementary

#508BC8 #C85150 #C7C850

monochromatic

#264E78 #346CA6 #508BC8 #7FAAD7 #ADC9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#508BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#508BC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BC8

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BC8	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6182C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.112 250.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacd9',
    500: '#508bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bc8;
$custom-light: #8bacd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62334,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 250.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BC8

secondary

#D3BAA1

accent

#954CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BC8

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

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