#508CB0#508CB0

#508CB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.083 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508CB0
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 176)
HSL	hsl(203, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -9.01, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 26.46, 250.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0457 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.083 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5199, 23.5945, 44.5387)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508CB0 #B07450

analogous

#50B0A4 #508CB0 #505CB0

triadic

#508CB0 #B0508C #8CB050

tetradic

#508CB0 #A450B0 #B07450 #5CB050

square

#508CB0 #A450B0 #B07450 #5CB050

split-complementary

#508CB0 #B0505C #B0A450

monochromatic

#2A495C #3D6B86 #508CB0 #7AA8C3 #A4C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#508CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#508CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508CB0

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508CB0	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A9598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.083 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adc7',
    500: '#508cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508cb0;
$custom-light: #88adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61403,
    "c": 0.08309,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508CB0

secondary

#C3A998

accent

#855ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508CB0

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

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