#509CB2#509CB2

#509CB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.082 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509CB2
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(193, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -17.18, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 25.33, 227.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0635 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.082 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2295, 28.6946, 46.4253)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509CB2 #B26650

analogous

#50B297 #509CB2 #506BB2

triadic

#509CB2 #B2509C #9CB250

tetradic

#509CB2 #9750B2 #B26650 #6BB250

square

#509CB2 #9750B2 #B26650 #6BB250

split-complementary

#509CB2 #B2506B #B29750

monochromatic

#29525E #3C7789 #509CB2 #7AB4C5 #A5CCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#509CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#509CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509CB2

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509CB2	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.082 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9c9',
    500: '#509cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509cb2;
$custom-light: #89b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.469,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65276,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509CB2

secondary

#C5A399

accent

#7359CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509CB2

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

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