#509DBB#509DBB

#509DBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.088 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509DBB
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 187)
HSL	hsl(197, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 16%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -15.01, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 27.24, 236.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0611 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.088 226)
XYZ	xyz(24.3314, 29.4050, 51.3976)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509DBB #BB6E50

analogous

#50BBA3 #509DBB #5068BB

triadic

#509DBB #BB509D #9DBB50

tetradic

#509DBB #A350BB #BB6E50 #68BB50

square

#509DBB #A350BB #BB6E50 #68BB50

split-complementary

#509DBB #BB5068 #BBA350

monochromatic

#285668 #3A7B94 #509DBB #7CB6CC #A8CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#509DBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#509DBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509DBB

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509DBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509DBB	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509dbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.088 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abacf',
    500: '#509dbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509dbb;
$custom-light: #8abacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509dbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.822,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65885,
    "c": 0.08793,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.29407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509DBB

secondary

#CBA99C

accent

#7854D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509DBB

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

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