#508EC9#508EC9

#508EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.110 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508EC9
RGB	rgb(80, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -2.19, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 36.57, 266.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0397 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.11 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5200, 25.2664, 58.8844)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508EC9 #C98B50

analogous

#50C9C7 #508EC9 #5052C9

triadic

#508EC9 #C9508E #8EC950

tetradic

#508EC9 #C750C9 #C98B50 #52C950

square

#508EC9 #C750C9 #C98B50 #52C950

split-complementary

#508EC9 #C95052 #C9C750

monochromatic

#255079 #346FA8 #508EC9 #7FACD7 #AECAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#508EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#508EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508EC9

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508EC9	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6584C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.110 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baed9',
    500: '#508ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508ec9;
$custom-light: #8baed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.256,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63063,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508EC9

secondary

#D4BAA1

accent

#924CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D1014

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #508EC9

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

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