#508af2

Color #508af2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Dodger Blue #1e90ff · ΔE 6.95 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 3.8

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Conversions

HEX

#508af2

RGB

rgb(80, 138, 242)

HSL

hsl(218.5, 86.2%, 63.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(218.5, 66.9%, 94.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.9%, 43%, 0%, 5.1%)

LAB

lab(58.31, 14.03, -57.86)

LCH

lch(58.31, 59.54, 283.63)

OKLCH

oklch(64.5%, 0.1673, 261.1)

HWB

hwb(218.5, 31.4%, 5.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f2b850

Analogous

#50dbf2

#508af2

#6750f2

Triadic

#508af2

#f2508a

#8af250

Split-complementary

#508af2

#f26750

#dbf250

Tetradic

#508af2

#b850f2

#f2b850

#8af250

Square

#508af2

#f250db

#f2b850

#50f267

Shades

Color #508af2 mixed toward black.

#1e69ee

#0f51c8

#0b3d96

#072964

#041432

Tints

Color #508af2 mixed toward white.

#6d9df4

#8ab1f6

#a7c4f9

#c5d8fb

#e2ebfd

Tones

Color #508af2 mixed toward gray.

#5d8ee4

#6b92d7

#7895c9

#8699bc

#939dae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.26:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.26:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6edf · ΔE 12.2

Deuteranopia

#6a66da · ΔE 14.5

Tritanopia

#54cdc9 · ΔE 34

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 25.5

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #508af2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#508af2]

Related colors

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Royal Blue #4169e1

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Frequently asked questions

#508af2 (#508af2) is rgb(80, 138, 242) in RGB.

No, #508af2 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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