#508EAE#508EAE

#508EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.080 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EAE
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -10.75, -22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 25.34, 244.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0488 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.08 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6184, 24.1057, 43.6025)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EAE #AE7050

analogous

#50AE9F #508EAE #505FAE

triadic

#508EAE #AE508E #8EAE50

tetradic

#508EAE #9F50AE #AE7050 #5FAE50

square

#508EAE #9F50AE #AE7050 #5FAE50

split-complementary

#508EAE #AE505F #AE9F50

monochromatic

#294A5A #3D6C84 #508EAE #7AA9C2 #A3C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#508EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#508EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EAE

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EAE	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E9798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.080 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afc6',
    500: '#508eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508eae;
$custom-light: #88afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.426,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61785,
    "c": 0.08037,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EAE

secondary

#C2A698

accent

#825BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EAE

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

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