#508DAE#508DAE

#508DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.081 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508DAE
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -10.19, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 25.52, 246.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0476 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.081 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4703, 23.8095, 43.5531)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508DAE #AE7150

analogous

#50AEA0 #508DAE #505EAE

triadic

#508DAE #AE508D #8DAE50

tetradic

#508DAE #A050AE #AE7150 #5EAE50

square

#508DAE #A050AE #AE7150 #5EAE50

split-complementary

#508DAE #AE505E #AEA050

monochromatic

#29495A #3D6B84 #508DAE #7AA8C2 #A3C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#508DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#508DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508DAE

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508DAE	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.081 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aec6',
    500: '#508dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508dae;
$custom-light: #88aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.064,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61549,
    "c": 0.08071,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508DAE

secondary

#C2A798

accent

#835BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508DAE

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

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