#508CA9#508CA9

#508CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.076 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508CA9
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(200, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -11.16, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 24.04, 242.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0483 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.076 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8451, 23.3246, 40.9847)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508CA9 #A96D50

analogous

#50A99A #508CA9 #5060A9

triadic

#508CA9 #A9508C #8CA950

tetradic

#508CA9 #9A50A9 #A96D50 #60A950

square

#508CA9 #9A50A9 #A96D50 #60A950

split-complementary

#508CA9 #A95060 #A99A50

monochromatic

#294756 #3C6A7F #508CA9 #77A8BF #A1C2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#508CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#508CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508CA9

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508CA9	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.076 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87adc2',
    500: '#508ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ca9;
$custom-light: #87adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.551,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61094,
    "c": 0.07638,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508CA9

secondary

#C0A395

accent

#805CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508CA9

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

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