#509CB4#509CB4

#509CB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.083 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509CB4
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -16.58, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 25.70, 229.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0627 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.083 221)
XYZ	xyz(23.4318, 28.7755, 47.4906)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509CB4 #B46850

analogous

#50B49A #509CB4 #506AB4

triadic

#509CB4 #B4509C #9CB450

tetradic

#509CB4 #9A50B4 #B46850 #6AB450

square

#509CB4 #9A50B4 #B46850 #6AB450

split-complementary

#509CB4 #B4506A #B49A50

monochromatic

#295360 #3C788B #509CB4 #7BB4C6 #A6CCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#509CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#509CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509CB4

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509CB4	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.083 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9ca',
    500: '#509cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509cb4;
$custom-light: #89b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65357,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.28778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509CB4

secondary

#C6A49A

accent

#7558D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509CB4

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

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