#508FAD#508FAD

#508FAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.079 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508FAD
RGB	rgb(80, 143, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, -11.61, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 24.86, 242.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0503 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.079 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6707, 24.3658, 43.1408)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508FAD #AD6E50

analogous

#50AD9D #508FAD #5060AD

triadic

#508FAD #AD508F #8FAD50

tetradic

#508FAD #9D50AD #AD6E50 #60AD50

square

#508FAD #9D50AD #AD6E50 #60AD50

split-complementary

#508FAD #AD5060 #AD9D50

monochromatic

#294A59 #3D6C83 #508FAD #79AAC1 #A3C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#508FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#508FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508FAD

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508FAD	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808DAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F9799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 143, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.079 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88afc5',
    500: '#508fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508fad;
$custom-light: #88afc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.355,
    "s": 36.759,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61978,
    "c": 0.07917,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508FAD

secondary

#C2A597

accent

#805BCD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508FAD

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

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