#509CC8#509CC8

#509CC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.100 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509CC8
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 22%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -10.43, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 31.47, 250.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0553 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.1 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6181, 29.6501, 59.0054)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509CC8 #C87C50

analogous

#50C8B8 #509CC8 #5060C8

triadic

#509CC8 #C8509C #9CC850

tetradic

#509CC8 #B850C8 #C87C50 #60C850

square

#509CC8 #B850C8 #C87C50 #60C850

split-complementary

#509CC8 #C85060 #C8B850

monochromatic

#265A78 #347DA6 #509CC8 #7FB6D7 #ADD1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#509CC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#509CC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509CC8

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509CC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509CC8	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509cc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.100 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9d9',
    500: '#509cc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509cc8;
$custom-light: #8bb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509cc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66223,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509CC8

secondary

#D3B3A1

accent

#814CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509CC8

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

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