#509BC5#509BC5

#509BC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.097 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BC5
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 197)
HSL	hsl(202, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 21.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, -10.83, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 30.63, 249.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0552 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.097 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1038, 29.1770, 57.1213)
Luminance	0.2918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BC5 #C57A50

analogous

#50C5B4 #509BC5 #5061C5

triadic

#509BC5 #C5509B #9BC550

tetradic

#509BC5 #B450C5 #C57A50 #61C550

square

#509BC5 #B450C5 #C57A50 #61C550

split-complementary

#509BC5 #C55061 #C5B450

monochromatic

#265874 #367BA2 #509BC5 #7EB5D4 #ACD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#509BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#509BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BC5

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BC5	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.097 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8d6',
    500: '#509bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bc5;
$custom-light: #8bb8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.538,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65855,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BC5

secondary

#D1B1A0

accent

#804EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BC5

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

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