#508EB5#508EB5

#508EB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.087 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EB5
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -8.59, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 27.87, 252.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0463 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.087 238)
XYZ	xyz(21.3187, 24.3858, 47.2906)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EB5 #B57750

analogous

#50B5A9 #508EB5 #505BB5

triadic

#508EB5 #B5508E #8EB550

tetradic

#508EB5 #A950B5 #B57750 #5BB550

square

#508EB5 #A950B5 #B57750 #5BB550

split-complementary

#508EB5 #B5505B #B5A950

monochromatic

#294C61 #3B6D8C #508EB5 #7BAAC7 #A6C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#508EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#508EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EB5

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EB5	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E83B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.087 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afcb',
    500: '#508eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508eb5;
$custom-light: #89afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.168,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62098,
    "c": 0.0873,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.24388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EB5

secondary

#C7AB9A

accent

#8657D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EB5

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

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