#508EB4#508EB4

#508EB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.086 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EB4
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -8.90, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 27.48, 251.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0466 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.086 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2164, 24.3449, 46.7521)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EB4 #B47650

analogous

#50B4A8 #508EB4 #505CB4

triadic

#508EB4 #B4508E #8EB450

tetradic

#508EB4 #A850B4 #B47650 #5CB450

square

#508EB4 #A850B4 #B47650 #5CB450

split-complementary

#508EB4 #B4505C #B4A850

monochromatic

#294B60 #3C6D8B #508EB4 #7BAAC6 #A6C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#508EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#508EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EB4

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EB4	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.086 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afca',
    500: '#508eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508eb4;
$custom-light: #88afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.8,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62053,
    "c": 0.08626,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EB4

secondary

#C6AB9A

accent

#8658D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EB4

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

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