#508EB3#508EB3

#508EB3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.085 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EB3
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(202, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -9.21, -25.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 27.11, 250.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.047 -0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.085 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1149, 24.3043, 46.2176)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EB3 #B37550

analogous

#50B3A6 #508EB3 #505CB3

triadic

#508EB3 #B3508E #8EB350

tetradic

#508EB3 #A650B3 #B37550 #5CB350

square

#508EB3 #A650B3 #B37550 #5CB350

split-complementary

#508EB3 #B3505C #B3A650

monochromatic

#294B5F #3C6D8A #508EB3 #7BAAC6 #A5C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#508EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#508EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EB3

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EB3	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.085 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afca',
    500: '#508eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508eb3;
$custom-light: #88afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.424,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62007,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EB3

secondary

#C5AA99

accent

#8558CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EB3

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

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