#509BAE#509BAE

#509BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.079 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BAE
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -17.83, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 24.65, 223.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.0639 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.079 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6666, 28.2021, 44.2852)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BAE #AE6350

analogous

#50AE92 #509BAE #506CAE

triadic

#509BAE #AE509B #9BAE50

tetradic

#509BAE #9250AE #AE6350 #6CAE50

square

#509BAE #9250AE #AE6350 #6CAE50

split-complementary

#509BAE #AE506C #AE9250

monochromatic

#29505A #3D7684 #509BAE #7AB3C2 #A3CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#509BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#509BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BAE

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BAE	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.079 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8c6',
    500: '#509bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bae;
$custom-light: #89b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.128,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64877,
    "c": 0.07942,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BAE

secondary

#C2A098

accent

#725BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BAE

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

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