#508dac

Color #508dac

A muted medium blue.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 12.35 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#508dac

RGB

rgb(80, 141, 172)

HSL

hsl(200.2, 36.5%, 49.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(200.2, 53.5%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(53.5%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(55.82, -10.8, -22.38)

LCH

lch(55.82, 24.85, 244.24)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0788, 232.11)

HWB

hwb(200.2, 31.4%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac6f50

Analogous

#50ac9d

#508dac

#505fac

Triadic

#508dac

#ac508d

#8dac50

Split-complementary

#508dac

#ac505f

#ac9d50

Tetradic

#508dac

#6f50ac

#ac6f50

#8dac50

Square

#508dac

#9d50ac

#ac6f50

#5fac50

Shades

Color #508dac mixed toward black.

#43758f

#355e73

#284656

#1b2f39

#0d171d

Tints

Color #508dac mixed toward white.

#6ca0bb

#8ab3c8

#a7c6d6

#c4d9e4

#e2ecf1

Tones

Color #508dac mixed toward gray.

#588aa4

#5f889d

#678595

#6f838d

#768086

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.75:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7070a5 · ΔE 18.6

Deuteranopia

#6c67a3 · ΔE 20.4

Tritanopia

#54a09e · ΔE 15

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 16.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #508dac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#508dac]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#508dac (#508dac) is rgb(80, 141, 172) in RGB.

No, #508dac 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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