#508EA0#508EA0

#508EA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.070 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EA0
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 160)
HSL	hsl(194, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 11.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -14.93, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 21.68, 226.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0542 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.07 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3240, 23.5880, 36.7855)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EA0 #A06250

analogous

#50A08A #508EA0 #5066A0

triadic

#508EA0 #A0508E #8EA050

tetradic

#508EA0 #8A50A0 #A06250 #66A050

square

#508EA0 #8A50A0 #A06250 #66A050

split-complementary

#508EA0 #A05066 #A08A50

monochromatic

#27464E #3C6A77 #508EA0 #74AAB9 #9DC3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#508EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#508EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EA0

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EA0	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7681A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.070 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afbc',
    500: '#508ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ea0;
$custom-light: #87afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61198,
    "c": 0.0695,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EA0

secondary

#BB9A91

accent

#765EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EA0

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

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