#508EB6#508EB6

#508EB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.088 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EB6
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(204, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -8.27, -27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 28.25, 252.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0459 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.088 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4216, 24.4270, 47.8329)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EB6 #B67850

analogous

#50B6AB #508EB6 #505BB6

triadic

#508EB6 #B6508E #8EB650

tetradic

#508EB6 #AB50B6 #B67850 #5BB650

square

#508EB6 #AB50B6 #B67850 #5BB650

split-complementary

#508EB6 #B6505B #B6AB50

monochromatic

#294C63 #3B6D8E #508EB6 #7BAAC8 #A6C6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#508EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#508EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EB6

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EB6	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E83B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.088 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afcc',
    500: '#508eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508eb6;
$custom-light: #89afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.529,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EB6

secondary

#C7AC9A

accent

#8757D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EB6

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

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