#508CB2#508CB2

#508CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.085 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508CB2
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(203, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -8.39, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 27.22, 252.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.045 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.085 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.7193, 23.6742, 45.5886)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508CB2 #B27650

analogous

#50B2A7 #508CB2 #505BB2

triadic

#508CB2 #B2508C #8CB250

tetradic

#508CB2 #A750B2 #B27650 #5BB250

square

#508CB2 #A750B2 #B27650 #5BB250

split-complementary

#508CB2 #B2505B #B2A750

monochromatic

#294A5E #3C6B89 #508CB2 #7AA8C5 #A5C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#508CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#508CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508CB2

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508CB2	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#039699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.085 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adc9',
    500: '#508cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508cb2;
$custom-light: #88adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61494,
    "c": 0.08516,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508CB2

secondary

#C5AA99

accent

#8759CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508CB2

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

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