#508D9B#508D9B

#508D9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.067 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508D9B
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(191, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -15.83, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 20.85, 220.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0551 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.067 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7473, 23.1203, 34.4787)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508D9B #9B5E50

analogous

#509B83 #508D9B #50679B

triadic

#508D9B #9B508D #8D9B50

tetradic

#508D9B #83509B #9B5E50 #679B50

square

#508D9B #83509B #9B5E50 #679B50

split-complementary

#508D9B #9B5067 #9B8350

monochromatic

#26444A #3B6873 #508D9B #72A9B6 #9AC2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#508D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#508D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508D9B

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508D9B	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77809B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.067 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aeb8',
    500: '#508d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508d9b;
$custom-light: #86aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.2,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60759,
    "c": 0.06659,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508D9B

secondary

#B8978F

accent

#7360C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #508D9B

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

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