#509DB8#509DB8

#509DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.086 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509DB8
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -15.92, -21.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 26.52, 233.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.0623 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.086 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0136, 29.2779, 49.7238)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509DB8 #B86B50

analogous

#50B89F #509DB8 #5069B8

triadic

#509DB8 #B8509D #9DB850

tetradic

#509DB8 #9F50B8 #B86B50 #69B850

square

#509DB8 #9F50B8 #B86B50 #69B850

split-complementary

#509DB8 #B85069 #B89F50

monochromatic

#295565 #3B7A90 #509DB8 #7CB5CA #A7CEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#509DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#509DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509DB8

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509DB8	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.086 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abacd',
    500: '#509db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509db8;
$custom-light: #8abacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.577,
    "s": 42.276,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65759,
    "c": 0.08573,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509DB8

secondary

#C9A79B

accent

#7656D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509DB8

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

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