#508DAD#508DAD

#508DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.080 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508DAD
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -10.50, -22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 25.18, 245.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.048 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.08 233)
XYZ	xyz(20.3732, 23.7706, 43.0416)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508DAD #AD7050

analogous

#50AD9F #508DAD #505FAD

triadic

#508DAD #AD508D #8DAD50

tetradic

#508DAD #9F50AD #AD7050 #5FAD50

square

#508DAD #9F50AD #AD7050 #5FAD50

split-complementary

#508DAD #AD505F #AD9F50

monochromatic

#294959 #3D6B83 #508DAD #79A8C1 #A3C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#508DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#508DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508DAD

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508DAD	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.080 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aec5',
    500: '#508dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508dad;
$custom-light: #88aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.645,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61505,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.23772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508DAD

secondary

#C2A697

accent

#825BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508DAD

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

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