#508E9B#508E9B

#508E9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.067 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E9B
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(190, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(190, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, -16.37, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 20.97, 218.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0563 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.067 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8954, 23.4165, 34.5281)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E9B #9B5D50

analogous

#509B82 #508E9B #50689B

triadic

#508E9B #9B508E #8E9B50

tetradic

#508E9B #82509B #9B5D50 #689B50

square

#508E9B #82509B #9B5D50 #689B50

split-complementary

#508E9B #9B5068 #9B8250

monochromatic

#26444A #3B6973 #508E9B #72AAB6 #9AC3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#508E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#508E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E9B

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E9B	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78819B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.067 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afb8',
    500: '#508e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e9b;
$custom-light: #86afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.4,
    "s": 31.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61001,
    "c": 0.0669,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E9B

secondary

#B8968F

accent

#7260C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E9B

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

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