#508CB4#508CB4

#508CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.087 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508CB4
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -7.77, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 28.01, 253.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0443 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.087 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9215, 23.7551, 46.6538)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508CB4 #B47850

analogous

#50B4AA #508CB4 #505AB4

triadic

#508CB4 #B4508C #8CB450

tetradic

#508CB4 #AA50B4 #B47850 #5AB450

square

#508CB4 #AA50B4 #B47850 #5AB450

split-complementary

#508CB4 #B4505A #B4AA50

monochromatic

#294A60 #3C6B8B #508CB4 #7BA8C6 #A6C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#508CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#508CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508CB4

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508CB4	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.087 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88adca',
    500: '#508cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508cb4;
$custom-light: #88adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61585,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508CB4

secondary

#C6AB9A

accent

#8858D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508CB4

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

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