#509CD8#509CD8

#509CD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.117 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509CD8
RGB	rgb(80, 156, 216)
HSL	hsl(206, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 27.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -5.29, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 37.93, 261.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% -0.05 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.117 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5868, 30.4376, 69.3736)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509CD8 #D88C50

analogous

#50D8D0 #509CD8 #5058D8

triadic

#509CD8 #D8509C #9CD850

tetradic

#509CD8 #D050D8 #D88C50 #58D850

square

#509CD8 #D050D8 #D88C50 #58D850

split-complementary

#509CD8 #D85058 #D8D050

monochromatic

#205D8E #2B7EC0 #509CD8 #82B8E3 #B4D5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#509CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#509CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #509CD8

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509CD8	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#829DDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F90D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 156, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.117 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9e4',
    500: '#509cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509cd8;
$custom-light: #8db9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.471,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66984,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509CD8

secondary

#DDBFA7

accent

#8A41E7

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F6FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509CD8

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

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