#508CB9#508CB9

#508CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.093 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508CB9
RGB	rgb(80, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(206, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -6.19, -29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 30.08, 258.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0426 -0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.093 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4401, 23.9625, 49.3849)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508CB9 #B97D50

analogous

#50B9B1 #508CB9 #5058B9

triadic

#508CB9 #B9508C #8CB950

tetradic

#508CB9 #B150B9 #B97D50 #58B950

square

#508CB9 #B150B9 #B97D50 #58B950

split-complementary

#508CB9 #B95058 #B9B150

monochromatic

#294C66 #3A6C92 #508CB9 #7CA9CA #A7C5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#508CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#508CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508CB9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508CB9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.093 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89adce',
    500: '#508cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508cb9;
$custom-light: #89adce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61819,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508CB9

secondary

#C9AF9B

accent

#8B55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508CB9

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

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