#508E9C#508E9C

#508E9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.067 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508E9C
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -16.08, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 21.08, 220.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0559 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.067 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9797, 23.4502, 34.9722)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508E9C #9C5E50

analogous

#509C84 #508E9C #50689C

triadic

#508E9C #9C508E #8E9C50

tetradic

#508E9C #84509C #9C5E50 #689C50

square

#508E9C #84509C #9C5E50 #689C50

split-complementary

#508E9C #9C5068 #9C8450

monochromatic

#27444B #3B6974 #508E9C #72AAB7 #9BC3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#508E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#508E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508E9C

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508E9C	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78819C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.067 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afb9',
    500: '#508e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508e9c;
$custom-light: #86afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6104,
    "c": 0.06736,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508E9C

secondary

#B8978F

accent

#735FC8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #508E9C

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

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