#509BBE#509BBE

#509BBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.091 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BBE
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 190)
HSL	hsl(199, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -13.01, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 28.31, 242.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0578 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.091 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3203, 28.8636, 52.9948)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BBE #BE7350

analogous

#50BEAA #509BBE #5064BE

triadic

#509BBE #BE509B #9BBE50

tetradic

#509BBE #AA50BE #BE7350 #64BE50

square

#509BBE #AA50BE #BE7350 #64BE50

split-complementary

#509BBE #BE5064 #BEAA50

monochromatic

#28566C #397A98 #509BBE #7DB4CF #A9CEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#509BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#509BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BBE

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BBE	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8999C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.091 230.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65543,
    "c": 0.09084,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BBE

secondary

#CDAC9D

accent

#7C52D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BBE

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

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