#509DC6#509DC6

#509DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.097 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509DC6
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -11.61, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 30.54, 247.65°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0571 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.097 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5544, 29.8942, 57.8386)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509DC6 #C67950

analogous

#50C6B4 #509DC6 #5062C6

triadic

#509DC6 #C6509D #9DC650

tetradic

#509DC6 #B450C6 #C67950 #62C650

square

#509DC6 #B450C6 #C67950 #62C650

split-complementary

#509DC6 #C65062 #C6B450

monochromatic

#265A75 #357DA4 #509DC6 #7EB7D5 #ACD1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#509DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#509DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509DC6

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509DC6	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.097 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9d7',
    500: '#509dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509dc6;
$custom-light: #8bb9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.847,
    "s": 50.862,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66365,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509DC6

secondary

#D2B1A0

accent

#7E4DDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509DC6

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

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