#508BCB#508BCB

#508BCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.115 H 251.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BCB
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(211, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 0.22, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 38.84, 270.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0359 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.115 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3165, 24.4804, 59.9848)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BCB #CB9050

analogous

#50C8CB #508BCB #5350CB

triadic

#508BCB #CB508B #8BCB50

tetradic

#508BCB #CB50C8 #CB9050 #50CB53

square

#508BCB #CB50C8 #CB9050 #50CB53

split-complementary

#508BCB #CB5350 #C8CB50

monochromatic

#254F7C #336CAB #508BCB #7FAAD9 #AECAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#508BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#508BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BCB

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BCB	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.115 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bacdb',
    500: '#508bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bcb;
$custom-light: #8bacdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.22,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6249,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BCB

secondary

#D5BCA2

accent

#974ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BCB

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

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