#509BB6#509BB6

#509BB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.084 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BB6
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -15.45, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 26.15, 233.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0608 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.084 224)
XYZ	xyz(23.4699, 28.5234, 48.5156)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BB6 #B66B50

analogous

#50B69E #509BB6 #5068B6

triadic

#509BB6 #B6509B #9BB650

tetradic

#509BB6 #9E50B6 #B66B50 #68B650

square

#509BB6 #9E50B6 #B66B50 #68B650

split-complementary

#509BB6 #B65068 #B69E50

monochromatic

#295363 #3B788E #509BB6 #7BB4C8 #A6CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#509BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#509BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BB6

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BB6	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.084 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8cc',
    500: '#509bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bb6;
$custom-light: #89b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.882,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65202,
    "c": 0.08444,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.28526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BB6

secondary

#C7A69A

accent

#7757D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BB6

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

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