#509BB2#509BB2

#509BB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.082 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BB2
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 178)
HSL	hsl(194, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -16.64, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 25.31, 228.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0623 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.082 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0624, 28.3604, 46.3696)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BB2 #B26750

analogous

#50B298 #509BB2 #506AB2

triadic

#509BB2 #B2509B #9BB250

tetradic

#509BB2 #9850B2 #B26750 #6AB250

square

#509BB2 #9850B2 #B26750 #6AB250

split-complementary

#509BB2 #B2506A #B29850

monochromatic

#29525E #3C7789 #509BB2 #7AB3C5 #A5CCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#509BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#509BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BB2

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BB2	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.082 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8c9',
    500: '#509bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bb2;
$custom-light: #89b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.082,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65038,
    "c": 0.08174,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BB2

secondary

#C5A399

accent

#7559CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BB2

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

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