#508BCD#508BCD

#508BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.118 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508BCD
RGB	rgb(80, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, 0.88, -39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 39.83, 271.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0353 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.118 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5563, 24.5763, 61.2481)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508BCD #CD9250

analogous

#50CACD #508BCD #5350CD

triadic

#508BCD #CD508B #8BCD50

tetradic

#508BCD #CD50CA #CD9250 #50CD53

square

#508BCD #CD50CA #CD9250 #50CD53

split-complementary

#508BCD #CD5350 #CACD50

monochromatic

#244F7E #326CAE #508BCD #80ABDB #AFCAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#508BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#508BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508BCD

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508BCD	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.118 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacdc',
    500: '#508bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508bcd;
$custom-light: #8cacdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.68,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62595,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508BCD

secondary

#D6BEA2

accent

#9849DF

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #508BCD

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

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