#509ACD#509ACD

#509ACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.106 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509ACD
RGB	rgb(80, 154, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 24.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -7.73, -33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 33.96, 256.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.0514 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.106 241)
XYZ	xyz(25.8792, 29.2220, 62.0223)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509ACD #CD8350

analogous

#50CDC1 #509ACD #505BCD

triadic

#509ACD #CD509A #9ACD50

tetradic

#509ACD #C150CD #CD8350 #5BCD50

square

#509ACD #C150CD #CD8350 #5BCD50

split-complementary

#509ACD #CD505B #CDC150

monochromatic

#245A7E #327BAE #509ACD #80B5DB #AFD1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#509ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#509ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509ACD

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509ACD	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 154, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.106 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7dc',
    500: '#509acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509acd;
$custom-light: #8cb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.48,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65995,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.29224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509ACD

secondary

#D6B8A2

accent

#8649DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509ACD

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

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