#509DAE#509DAE

#509DAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.080 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509DAE
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -18.88, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 24.83, 220.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0662 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.08 214)
XYZ	xyz(23.0022, 28.8733, 44.3971)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509DAE #AE6150

analogous

#50AE90 #509DAE #506EAE

triadic

#509DAE #AE509D #9DAE50

tetradic

#509DAE #9050AE #AE6150 #6EAE50

square

#509DAE #9050AE #AE6150 #6EAE50

split-complementary

#509DAE #AE506E #AE9050

monochromatic

#29515A #3D7784 #509DAE #7AB5C2 #A3CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#509DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#509DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509DAE

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509DAE	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9099AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.080 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bac6',
    500: '#509dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509dae;
$custom-light: #89bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.851,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65356,
    "c": 0.07984,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.28875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509DAE

secondary

#C29F98

accent

#6F5BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509DAE

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

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