#508EB8#508EB8

#508EB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.090 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EB8
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -7.65, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 29.05, 254.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0452 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.09 240)
XYZ	xyz(21.6298, 24.5103, 48.9292)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EB8 #B87A50

analogous

#50B8AE #508EB8 #505AB8

triadic

#508EB8 #B8508E #8EB850

tetradic

#508EB8 #AE50B8 #B87A50 #5AB850

square

#508EB8 #AE50B8 #B87A50 #5AB850

split-complementary

#508EB8 #B8505A #B8AE50

monochromatic

#294D65 #3B6E90 #508EB8 #7CAACA #A7C6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#508EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#508EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EB8

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EB8	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8EBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.090 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afcd',
    500: '#508eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508eb8;
$custom-light: #89afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.231,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62236,
    "c": 0.09049,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.24512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EB8

secondary

#C9AE9B

accent

#8856D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EB8

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

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