#508EAD#508EAD

#508EAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.079 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EAD
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 173)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 17.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -11.05, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 25.01, 243.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0492 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.079 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5213, 24.0669, 43.0910)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EAD #AD6F50

analogous

#50AD9E #508EAD #5060AD

triadic

#508EAD #AD508E #8EAD50

tetradic

#508EAD #9E50AD #AD6F50 #60AD50

square

#508EAD #9E50AD #AD6F50 #60AD50

split-complementary

#508EAD #AD5060 #AD9E50

monochromatic

#294959 #3D6C83 #508EAD #79A9C1 #A3C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#508EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#508EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EAD

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EAD	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7282AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#109698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.079 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afc5',
    500: '#508ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ead;
$custom-light: #88afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61741,
    "c": 0.07944,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EAD

secondary

#C2A597

accent

#815BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EAD

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

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