#508EA4#508EA4

#508EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.072 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EA4
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(196, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, -13.76, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 22.49, 232.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0526 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.072 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6796, 23.7302, 38.6581)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EA4 #A46650

analogous

#50A490 #508EA4 #5064A4

triadic

#508EA4 #A4508E #8EA450

tetradic

#508EA4 #9050A4 #A46650 #64A450

square

#508EA4 #9050A4 #A46650 #64A450

split-complementary

#508EA4 #A45064 #A49050

monochromatic

#284752 #3C6A7B #508EA4 #75A9BC #9EC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#508EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#508EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EA4

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EA4	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7582A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.072 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afbf',
    500: '#508ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ea4;
$custom-light: #87afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 34.426,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6136,
    "c": 0.07211,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EA4

secondary

#BD9E93

accent

#7A5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EA4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →