#509BC3#509BC3

#509BC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.095 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BC3
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 195)
HSL	hsl(201, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 20.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -11.45, -27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 29.93, 247.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0559 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.095 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8762, 29.0859, 55.9224)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BC3 #C37850

analogous

#50C3B2 #509BC3 #5062C3

triadic

#509BC3 #C3509B #9BC350

tetradic

#509BC3 #B250C3 #C37850 #62C350

square

#509BC3 #B250C3 #C37850 #62C350

split-complementary

#509BC3 #C35062 #C3B250

monochromatic

#275872 #377B9F #509BC3 #7EB5D3 #ABCFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#509BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#509BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BC3

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BC3	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.095 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8d5',
    500: '#509bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bc3;
$custom-light: #8bb8d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.87,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65764,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BC3

secondary

#D0B09F

accent

#7F4FD8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BC3

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

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