#508FB8#508FB8

#508FB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.090 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#508FB8
RGB	rgb(80, 143, 184)
HSL	hsl(204, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 22.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -8.21, -27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 28.77, 253.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0464 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.09 239)
XYZ	xyz(21.7793, 24.8092, 48.9790)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#508FB8 #B87950

analogous

#50B8AD #508FB8 #505BB8

triadic

#508FB8 #B8508F #8FB850

tetradic

#508FB8 #AD50B8 #B87950 #5BB850

square

#508FB8 #AD50B8 #B87950 #5BB850

split-complementary

#508FB8 #B8505B #B8AD50

monochromatic

#294D65 #3B6E90 #508FB8 #7CABCA #A7C7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#508FB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#508FB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #508FB8

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##508FB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##508FB8	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E84B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #508fb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 143, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.090 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89afcd',
    500: '#508fb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #508fb8;
$custom-light: #89afcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#508fb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.654,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62469,
    "c": 0.08994,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.24811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#508FB8

secondary

#C9AD9B

accent

#8756D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #508FB8

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

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