#509BCD#509BCD

#509BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.106 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509BCD
RGB	rgb(80, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -8.29, -32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 33.66, 255.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0525 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.106 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0449, 29.5534, 62.0776)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509BCD #CD8250

analogous

#50CDC0 #509BCD #505CCD

triadic

#509BCD #CD509B #9BCD50

tetradic

#509BCD #C050CD #CD8250 #5CCD50

square

#509BCD #C050CD #CD8250 #5CCD50

split-complementary

#509BCD #CD505C #CDC050

monochromatic

#245A7E #327CAE #509BCD #80B6DB #AFD1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#509BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#509BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509BCD

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509BCD	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.106 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8dc',
    500: '#509bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509bcd;
$custom-light: #8cb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66225,
    "c": 0.10552,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509BCD

secondary

#D6B7A2

accent

#8549DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509BCD

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

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