#508EC6#508EC6

#508EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.107 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EC6
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 198)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(208, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 28.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, -3.16, -35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 35.17, 264.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0406 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.107 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1706, 25.1266, 57.0440)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EC6 #C68850

analogous

#50C6C3 #508EC6 #5053C6

triadic

#508EC6 #C6508E #8EC650

tetradic

#508EC6 #C350C6 #C68850 #53C650

square

#508EC6 #C350C6 #C68850 #53C650

split-complementary

#508EC6 #C65053 #C6C350

monochromatic

#265075 #356FA4 #508EC6 #7EACD5 #ACCAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#508EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#508EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EC6

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EC6	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7690C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6684C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.107 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baed7',
    500: '#508ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ec6;
$custom-light: #8baed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.475,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62912,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EC6

secondary

#D2B8A0

accent

#904DDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EC6

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

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