#509AAE#509AAE

#509AAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.079 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509AAE
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -17.29, -17.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 24.59, 225.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0628 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.079 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5009, 27.8707, 44.2300)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509AAE #AE6450

analogous

#50AE93 #509AAE #506BAE

triadic

#509AAE #AE509A #9AAE50

tetradic

#509AAE #9350AE #AE6450 #6BAE50

square

#509AAE #9350AE #AE6450 #6BAE50

split-complementary

#509AAE #AE506B #AE9350

monochromatic

#29505A #3D7584 #509AAE #7AB2C2 #A3CAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#509AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#509AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509AAE

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509AAE	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.079 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b8c6',
    500: '#509aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509aae;
$custom-light: #88b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.766,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64638,
    "c": 0.07926,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509AAE

secondary

#C2A198

accent

#735BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509AAE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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