#508CB8#508CB8

#508CB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.092 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508CB8
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -6.51, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 29.66, 257.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0429 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.092 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3349, 23.9205, 48.8309)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508CB8 #B87C50

analogous

#50B8B0 #508CB8 #5058B8

triadic

#508CB8 #B8508C #8CB850

tetradic

#508CB8 #B050B8 #B87C50 #58B850

square

#508CB8 #B050B8 #B87C50 #58B850

split-complementary

#508CB8 #B85058 #B8B050

monochromatic

#294B65 #3B6C90 #508CB8 #7CA9CA #A7C5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#508CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#508CB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508CB8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508CB8	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.092 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89adcd',
    500: '#508cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508cb8;
$custom-light: #89adcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.385,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61772,
    "c": 0.09167,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508CB8

secondary

#C9AE9B

accent

#8A56D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508CB8

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

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