#508CB5#508CB5

#508CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.088 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508CB5
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(204, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -7.45, -27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 28.42, 254.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.044 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.088 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0238, 23.7960, 47.1923)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508CB5 #B57950

analogous

#50B5AB #508CB5 #5059B5

triadic

#508CB5 #B5508C #8CB550

tetradic

#508CB5 #AB50B5 #B57950 #59B550

square

#508CB5 #AB50B5 #B57950 #59B550

split-complementary

#508CB5 #B55059 #B5AB50

monochromatic

#294B61 #3B6C8C #508CB5 #7BA8C7 #A6C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#508CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#508CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508CB5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508CB5	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.088 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89adcb',
    500: '#508cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508cb5;
$custom-light: #89adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.356,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61632,
    "c": 0.08836,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508CB5

secondary

#C7AC9A

accent

#8957D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508CB5

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

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