#508DB8#508DB8

#508DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.091 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508DB8
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -7.08, -28.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 29.35, 256.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0441 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.091 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4817, 24.2140, 48.8798)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508DB8 #B87B50

analogous

#50B8AF #508DB8 #5059B8

triadic

#508DB8 #B8508D #8DB850

tetradic

#508DB8 #AF50B8 #B87B50 #59B850

square

#508DB8 #AF50B8 #B87B50 #59B850

split-complementary

#508DB8 #B85059 #B8AF50

monochromatic

#294C65 #3B6D90 #508DB8 #7CA9CA #A7C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#508DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#508DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508DB8

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508DB8	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C82B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.091 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aecd',
    500: '#508db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508db8;
$custom-light: #89aecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.808,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62004,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508DB8

secondary

#C9AE9B

accent

#8956D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508DB8

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

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