#508EB9#508EB9

#508EB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.092 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EB9
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -7.33, -28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 29.46, 255.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0449 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.092 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7350, 24.5523, 49.4832)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EB9 #B97B50

analogous

#50B9AF #508EB9 #505AB9

triadic

#508EB9 #B9508E #8EB950

tetradic

#508EB9 #AF50B9 #B97B50 #5AB950

square

#508EB9 #AF50B9 #B97B50 #5AB950

split-complementary

#508EB9 #B9505A #B9AF50

monochromatic

#294D66 #3A6E92 #508EB9 #7CAACA #A7C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#508EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#508EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EB9

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EB9	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D83B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.092 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afce',
    500: '#508eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508eb9;
$custom-light: #89afce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.571,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.09158,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EB9

secondary

#C9AE9B

accent

#8955D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EB9

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

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