#509BB5#509BB5

#509BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.084 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BB5
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, -15.75, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 25.93, 232.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.0612 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.084 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3669, 28.4822, 47.9733)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BB5 #B56A50

analogous

#50B59C #509BB5 #5068B5

triadic

#509BB5 #B5509B #9BB550

tetradic

#509BB5 #9C50B5 #B56A50 #68B550

square

#509BB5 #9C50B5 #B56A50 #68B550

split-complementary

#509BB5 #B55068 #B59C50

monochromatic

#295361 #3B788C #509BB5 #7BB4C7 #A6CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#509BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#509BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BB5

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BB5	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.084 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8cb',
    500: '#509bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bb5;
$custom-light: #89b8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.446,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65161,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BB5

secondary

#C7A69A

accent

#7757D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BB5

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

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