#509DBC#509DBC

#509DBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.089 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509DBC
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 188)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -14.71, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 27.50, 237.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0607 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.089 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4388, 29.4480, 51.9633)
Luminance	0.2945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509DBC #BC6F50

analogous

#50BCA5 #509DBC #5067BC

triadic

#509DBC #BC509D #9DBC50

tetradic

#509DBC #A550BC #BC6F50 #67BC50

square

#509DBC #A550BC #BC6F50 #67BC50

split-complementary

#509DBC #BC5067 #BCA550

monochromatic

#285769 #397B96 #509DBC #7CB6CD #A9CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#509DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#509DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509DBC

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509DBC	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.089 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad0',
    500: '#509dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509dbc;
$custom-light: #8abad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65928,
    "c": 0.08871,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509DBC

secondary

#CBAA9C

accent

#7853D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509DBC

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

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