#508EA9#508EA9

#508EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.076 H 228.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EA9
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, -12.27, -20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 23.79, 238.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0507 -0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.076 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1400, 23.9143, 41.0830)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EA9 #A96B50

analogous

#50A998 #508EA9 #5062A9

triadic

#508EA9 #A9508E #8EA950

tetradic

#508EA9 #9850A9 #A96B50 #62A950

square

#508EA9 #9850A9 #A96B50 #62A950

split-complementary

#508EA9 #A95062 #A99850

monochromatic

#294856 #3C6B7F #508EA9 #77A9BF #A1C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#508EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#508EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EA9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EA9	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#808CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.076 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afc2',
    500: '#508ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ea9;
$custom-light: #87afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.202,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61569,
    "c": 0.07596,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EA9

secondary

#C0A295

accent

#7E5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EA9

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

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