#508CAE#508CAE

#508CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.081 H 235.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508CAE
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(202, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -9.63, -23.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 25.73, 248.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0464 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.081 235)
XYZ	xyz(20.3235, 23.5159, 43.5042)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508CAE #AE7250

analogous

#50AEA1 #508CAE #505DAE

triadic

#508CAE #AE508C #8CAE50

tetradic

#508CAE #A150AE #AE7250 #5DAE50

square

#508CAE #A150AE #AE7250 #5DAE50

split-complementary

#508CAE #AE505D #AEA150

monochromatic

#29495A #3D6A84 #508CAE #7AA8C2 #A3C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#508CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#508CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508CAE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508CAE	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.081 235.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adc6',
    500: '#508cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508cae;
$custom-light: #88adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.702,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61314,
    "c": 0.08108,
    "h": 235
  },
  "luminance": 0.23518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508CAE

secondary

#C2A798

accent

#845BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508CAE

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

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