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Recognised as Colour

#508FAB

  • #508FAB
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Light slate grey

#508FAB is a cyan with RGB values 80, 143, 171 and HSL 198°, 36%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 5.9:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light slate grey.

Colour values

#508FAB#508FAB
HEX#508FAB
RGBrgb(80, 143, 171)
RGB (0–1)0.3137, 0.5608, 0.6706
RGB percentages31.4%, 56.1%, 67.1%
HSLhsl(198.5, 36.3%, 49.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(198.5, 53.2%, 67.1%)
CMYK53.2%, 16.4%, 0%, 32.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,279,659
CSS custom property--colour: #508FAB;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.24291WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness131.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 5.86:1
Contrast with white3.58:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black5.86:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#848484
Inverted#AF7054

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#818DACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#7383ABno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 16.4 from the original
Tritanopia#149798no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 22 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.58:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text5.86:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light slate grey · ΔE 14Steel blue · ΔE 14.4Slate grey · ΔE 14.9Cadetblue · ΔE 16.2Teal · ΔE 22.3Dark cyan · ΔE 22.3
Nearest named CSS colourLight slate grey (#778899)ΔE 14.02, a distinctly different colour
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#AB6C50
Analogous#50AB99, #5062AB
Triadic#AB508F, #8FAB50
Split complementary#AB5062, #AB9950
Tetradic#9950AB, #AB6C50, #62AB50

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#DAE7ED
Lighter +30%#B7D1DD
Lighter +20%#94BBCD
Lighter +10%#71A6BD
Darker −10%#407288
Darker −20%#2F5566
Darker −30%#1F3843
Darker −40%#0F1B20
More saturated +25%#319BCA
Less saturated −25%#6F838C

Channel breakdown

R80
G143
B171
Red80 (31.4%)
Green143 (56.1%)
Blue171 (67.1%)
Hue198.46°
Saturation (HSL)36.25%
Lightness49.22%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 50 · G 8F · B AB

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