#508DB4#508DB4

#508DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.087 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508DB4
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -8.33, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 27.74, 252.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0455 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.087 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0683, 24.0487, 46.7028)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508DB4 #B47750

analogous

#50B4A9 #508DB4 #505BB4

triadic

#508DB4 #B4508D #8DB450

tetradic

#508DB4 #A950B4 #B47750 #5BB450

square

#508DB4 #A950B4 #B47750 #5BB450

split-complementary

#508DB4 #B4505B #B4A950

monochromatic

#294B60 #3C6C8B #508DB4 #7BA9C6 #A6C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#508DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#508DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508DB4

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508DB4	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.087 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aeca',
    500: '#508db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508db4;
$custom-light: #88aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.4,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61819,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508DB4

secondary

#C6AB9A

accent

#8758D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508DB4

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

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