#508EA8#508EA8

#508EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.075 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EA8
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(198, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, -12.57, -19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 23.51, 237.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0511 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.075 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0465, 23.8769, 40.5905)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EA8 #A86A50

analogous

#50A896 #508EA8 #5062A8

triadic

#508EA8 #A8508E #8EA850

tetradic

#508EA8 #9650A8 #A86A50 #62A850

square

#508EA8 #9650A8 #A86A50 #62A850

split-complementary

#508EA8 #A85062 #A89650

monochromatic

#294855 #3C6B7F #508EA8 #77A9BE #A0C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#508EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#508EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EA8

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EA8	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.075 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc2',
    500: '#508ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ea8;
$custom-light: #87afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61527,
    "c": 0.07514,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EA8

secondary

#BFA195

accent

#7D5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EA8

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

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