#509BC6#509BC6

#509BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.098 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BC6
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(202, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -10.51, -29.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 30.99, 250.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0549 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.098 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2188, 29.2230, 57.7267)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BC6 #C67B50

analogous

#50C6B6 #509BC6 #5060C6

triadic

#509BC6 #C6509B #9BC650

tetradic

#509BC6 #B650C6 #C67B50 #60C650

square

#509BC6 #B650C6 #C67B50 #60C650

split-complementary

#509BC6 #C65060 #C6B650

monochromatic

#265975 #357BA4 #509BC6 #7EB5D5 #ACD0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#509BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#509BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BC6

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BC6	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.098 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8d7',
    500: '#509bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bc6;
$custom-light: #8bb8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.864,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.659,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BC6

secondary

#D2B2A0

accent

#814DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BC6

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

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