#508D9C#508D9C

#508D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.067 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508D9C
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 156)
HSL	hsl(192, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, -15.54, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 20.98, 222.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.0547 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.067 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8316, 23.1540, 34.9228)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508D9C #9C5F50

analogous

#509C85 #508D9C #50679C

triadic

#508D9C #9C508D #8D9C50

tetradic

#508D9C #85509C #9C5F50 #679C50

square

#508D9C #85509C #9C5F50 #679C50

split-complementary

#508D9C #9C5067 #9C8550

monochromatic

#27444B #3B6874 #508D9C #72A9B7 #9BC2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#508D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#508D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508D9C

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508D9C	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77809C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.067 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aeb9',
    500: '#508d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508d9c;
$custom-light: #86aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.842,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60798,
    "c": 0.06708,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508D9C

secondary

#B8978F

accent

#745FC8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #508D9C

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

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