#508EB0#508EB0

#508EB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.082 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EB0
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 176)
HSL	hsl(201, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 19.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -10.14, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 26.02, 247.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0481 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.082 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8148, 24.1843, 44.6370)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EB0 #B07250

analogous

#50B0A2 #508EB0 #505EB0

triadic

#508EB0 #B0508E #8EB050

tetradic

#508EB0 #A250B0 #B07250 #5EB050

square

#508EB0 #A250B0 #B07250 #5EB050

split-complementary

#508EB0 #B0505E #B0A250

monochromatic

#2A4A5C #3D6C86 #508EB0 #7AA9C3 #A4C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#508EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#508EB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EB0

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EB0	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#089799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.082 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afc7',
    500: '#508eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508eb0;
$custom-light: #88afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.25,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61873,
    "c": 0.08227,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EB0

secondary

#C3A898

accent

#835ACE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EB0

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

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