#509BB7#509BB7

#509BB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.085 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BB7
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 183)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -15.15, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 26.39, 234.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0604 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.085 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5736, 28.5649, 49.0618)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BB7 #B76C50

analogous

#50B7A0 #509BB7 #5068B7

triadic

#509BB7 #B7509B #9BB750

tetradic

#509BB7 #A050B7 #B76C50 #68B750

square

#509BB7 #A050B7 #B76C50 #68B750

split-complementary

#509BB7 #B75068 #B7A050

monochromatic

#295464 #3B788F #509BB7 #7BB4C9 #A7CDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#509BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#509BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BB7

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BB7	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)

#8C98B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.085 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8cc',
    500: '#509bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bb7;
$custom-light: #89b8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.311,
    "s": 41.7,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65244,
    "c": 0.08517,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BB7

secondary

#C8A79B

accent

#7856D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BB7

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

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