#508EB7#508EB7

#508EB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.089 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EB7
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 183)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 22.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -7.96, -27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 28.65, 253.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0456 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.089 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5254, 24.4685, 48.3791)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EB7 #B77950

analogous

#50B7AC #508EB7 #505BB7

triadic

#508EB7 #B7508E #8EB750

tetradic

#508EB7 #AC50B7 #B77950 #5BB750

square

#508EB7 #AC50B7 #B77950 #5BB750

split-complementary

#508EB7 #B7505B #B7AC50

monochromatic

#294C64 #3B6D8F #508EB7 #7BAAC9 #A7C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#508EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#508EB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EB7

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EB7	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	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)

#7C8EB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.089 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afcc',
    500: '#508eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508eb7;
$custom-light: #89afcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.883,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6219,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EB7

secondary

#C8AD9B

accent

#8756D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EB7

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

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