#509BBD#509BBD

#509BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.090 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BBD
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -13.31, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 28.01, 241.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0581 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.09 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2114, 28.8200, 52.4211)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BBD #BD7250

analogous

#50BDA9 #509BBD #5064BD

triadic

#509BBD #BD509B #9BBD50

tetradic

#509BBD #A950BD #BD7250 #64BD50

square

#509BBD #A950BD #BD7250 #64BD50

split-complementary

#509BBD #BD5064 #BDA950

monochromatic

#28566A #397A97 #509BBD #7CB4CE #A9CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#509BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#509BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BBD

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BBD	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.090 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8d1',
    500: '#509bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bbd;
$custom-light: #8ab8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.716,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.655,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BBD

secondary

#CCAC9D

accent

#7B53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BBD

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

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