#508ae2

Color #508ae2

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 4.69 Nearest Tailwind class blue-500 #2b7fff · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#508ae2

RGB

rgb(80, 138, 226)

HSL

hsl(216.2, 71.6%, 60%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(216.2, 64.6%, 88.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(64.6%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)

LAB

lab(57.44, 8.54, -50.38)

LCH

lch(57.44, 51.1, 279.62)

OKLCH

oklch(63.5%, 0.1462, 258.52)

HWB

hwb(216.2, 31.4%, 11.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#e2a850

Analogous

#50d3e2

#508ae2

#5f50e2

Triadic

#508ae2

#e2508a

#8ae250

Split-complementary

#508ae2

#e25f50

#d3e250

Tetradic

#508ae2

#a850e2

#e2a850

#8ae250

Square

#508ae2

#e250d3

#e2a850

#50e25f

Shades

Color #508ae2 mixed toward black.

#246ddb

#1d57af

#164183

#0e2b58

#07162c

Tints

Color #508ae2 mixed toward white.

#6d9de7

#8ab1ec

#a7c4f1

#c5d8f5

#e2ebfa

Tones

Color #508ae2 mixed toward gray.

#5c8cd6

#688fca

#7491be

#8194b1

#8d96a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.07:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.07:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6e6ed1 · ΔE 13

Deuteranopia

#6a66cd · ΔE 15.2

Tritanopia

#54c2bf · ΔE 30.7

Achromatopsia

#8a8a8a · ΔE 23.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #508ae2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#508ae2]

Related colors

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Light Slate Gray #778899

Slate Gray #708090

Dodger Blue #1e90ff

Alice Blue #f0f8ff

Frequently asked questions

#508ae2 (#508ae2) is rgb(80, 138, 226) in RGB.

No, #508ae2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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