#508A7C

A medium, muted cyan closely aligning with Cadetblue.

About #508A7C

When working with digital screens, the color #508A7C is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Cadetblue. Its digital footprint relies on 80 parts red, 138 parts green, and 124 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 42% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 165.5° hue, 26.6% saturation, and 42.7% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Because it is a medium color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#508A7C
RGB80, 138, 124
HSL165.5°, 26.6%, 42.7%
CMYK42%, 0%, 10%, 46%
HSV165.5°, 42.0%, 54.1%
LAB53.3, -22.5, 1.5
XYZ16.0, 21.3, 22.3
Decimal5278332

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

3.99:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
5.27:1
Text on #000000
AA
3.81:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.48:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #508A7C; }
.text-color { color: #508A7C; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #508A7C; }

Similar Colors

Cadetblue
#5F9EA0