#509DC5#509DC5

#509DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.096 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509DC5
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, -11.93, -27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 30.20, 246.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0574 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.096 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4394, 29.8482, 57.2331)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509DC5 #C57850

analogous

#50C5B3 #509DC5 #5063C5

triadic

#509DC5 #C5509D #9DC550

tetradic

#509DC5 #B350C5 #C57850 #63C550

square

#509DC5 #B350C5 #C57850 #63C550

split-complementary

#509DC5 #C55063 #C5B350

monochromatic

#265A74 #367DA2 #509DC5 #7EB7D4 #ACD0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#509DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#509DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509DC5

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509DC5	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.096 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9d6',
    500: '#509dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509dc5;
$custom-light: #8bb9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.513,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6632,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509DC5

secondary

#D1B1A0

accent

#7E4EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509DC5

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

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