#508EA6#508EA6

#508EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.074 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EA6
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(197, 35%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, -13.16, -18.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 22.98, 235.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0518 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.074 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8616, 23.8030, 39.6168)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EA6 #A66850

analogous

#50A693 #508EA6 #5063A6

triadic

#508EA6 #A6508E #8EA650

tetradic

#508EA6 #9350A6 #A66850 #63A650

square

#508EA6 #9350A6 #A66850 #63A650

split-complementary

#508EA6 #A65063 #A69350

monochromatic

#284753 #3C6B7D #508EA6 #76A9BD #9FC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#508EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#508EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EA6

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EA6	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.074 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc0',
    500: '#508ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ea6;
$custom-light: #87afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.744,
    "s": 34.959,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61443,
    "c": 0.07357,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EA6

secondary

#BEA094

accent

#7C5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EA6

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

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