#508DB9#508DB9

#508DB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.092 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508DB9
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 23.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -6.76, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 29.76, 256.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0437 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.092 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5869, 24.2561, 49.4338)
Luminance	0.2426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508DB9 #B97C50

analogous

#50B9B1 #508DB9 #5059B9

triadic

#508DB9 #B9508D #8DB950

tetradic

#508DB9 #B150B9 #B97C50 #59B950

square

#508DB9 #B150B9 #B97C50 #59B950

split-complementary

#508DB9 #B95059 #B9B150

monochromatic

#294C66 #3A6D92 #508DB9 #7CA9CA #A7C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#508DB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#508DB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508DB9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508DB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508DB9	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B82B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508db9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.092 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aece',
    500: '#508db9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508db9;
$custom-light: #89aece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508db9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.143,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62051,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508DB9

secondary

#C9AF9B

accent

#8A55D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508DB9

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

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