#509CB5#509CB5

#509CB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.084 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509CB5
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 181)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 13.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -16.28, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 25.90, 231.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0623 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.084 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5340, 28.8164, 48.0290)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509CB5 #B56950

analogous

#50B59B #509CB5 #5069B5

triadic

#509CB5 #B5509C #9CB550

tetradic

#509CB5 #9B50B5 #B56950 #69B550

square

#509CB5 #9B50B5 #B56950 #69B550

split-complementary

#509CB5 #B55069 #B59B50

monochromatic

#295361 #3B788C #509CB5 #7BB4C7 #A6CDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#509CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#509CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509CB5

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509CB5	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	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)

#8D99B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.084 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b9cb',
    500: '#509cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509cb5;
$custom-light: #89b9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.851,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65398,
    "c": 0.0837,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509CB5

secondary

#C7A59A

accent

#7557D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509CB5

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

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