#509DB6#509DB6

#509DB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.084 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509DB6
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 182)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 13.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, -16.52, -20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 26.09, 230.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.063 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.084 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8055, 29.1946, 48.6275)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509DB6 #B66950

analogous

#50B69C #509DB6 #506AB6

triadic

#509DB6 #B6509D #9DB650

tetradic

#509DB6 #9C50B6 #B66950 #6AB650

square

#509DB6 #9C50B6 #B66950 #6AB650

split-complementary

#509DB6 #B6506A #B69C50

monochromatic

#295463 #3B798E #509DB6 #7BB5C8 #A6CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#509DB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#509DB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509DB6

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509DB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509DB6	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509db6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.084 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bacc',
    500: '#509db6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509db6;
$custom-light: #89bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509db6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.706,
    "s": 41.129,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65677,
    "c": 0.08436,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509DB6

secondary

#C7A59A

accent

#7557D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509DB6

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

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