#508EA5#508EA5

#508EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.073 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EA5
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -13.46, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 22.73, 233.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0522 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.073 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7703, 23.7664, 39.1356)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EA5 #A56750

analogous

#50A591 #508EA5 #5063A5

triadic

#508EA5 #A5508E #8EA550

tetradic

#508EA5 #9150A5 #A56750 #63A550

square

#508EA5 #9150A5 #A56750 #63A550

split-complementary

#508EA5 #A55063 #A59150

monochromatic

#284753 #3C6B7C #508EA5 #76A9BC #9FC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#508EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#508EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EA5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EA5	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)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7582A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.073 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afbf',
    500: '#508ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ea5;
$custom-light: #87afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.235,
    "s": 34.694,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61401,
    "c": 0.07283,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EA5

secondary

#BD9F93

accent

#7B5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EA5

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

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