#509AB9#509AB9

#509AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.087 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509AB9
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(198, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -14.00, -23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 26.99, 238.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0585 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.087 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6175, 28.3173, 50.1107)
Luminance	0.2832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509AB9 #B96F50

analogous

#50B9A3 #509AB9 #5066B9

triadic

#509AB9 #B9509A #9AB950

tetradic

#509AB9 #A350B9 #B96F50 #66B950

square

#509AB9 #A350B9 #B96F50 #66B950

split-complementary

#509AB9 #B95066 #B9A350

monochromatic

#295466 #3A7892 #509AB9 #7CB3CA #A7CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#509AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#509AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509AB9

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509AB9	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A97BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.087 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab7ce',
    500: '#509ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ab9;
$custom-light: #8ab7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.714,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65092,
    "c": 0.08687,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509AB9

secondary

#C9A99B

accent

#7A55D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509AB9

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

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