#508DBD#508DBD

#508DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.097 H 244.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508DBD
RGB	rgb(80, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -5.49, -31.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 31.48, 259.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0424 -0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.097 244)
XYZ	xyz(22.0151, 24.4274, 51.6890)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508DBD #BD8050

analogous

#50BDB6 #508DBD #5056BD

triadic

#508DBD #BD508D #8DBD50

tetradic

#508DBD #B650BD #BD8050 #56BD50

square

#508DBD #B650BD #BD8050 #56BD50

split-complementary

#508DBD #BD5056 #BDB650

monochromatic

#284D6A #396E97 #508DBD #7CAACE #A9C7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#508DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#508DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508DBD

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508DBD	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.097 244.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aed1',
    500: '#508dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508dbd;
$custom-light: #89aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.422,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62241,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 244
  },
  "luminance": 0.24429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508DBD

secondary

#CCB29D

accent

#8C53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508DBD

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

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