#509DC8#509DC8

#509DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.099 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509DC8
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -10.98, -29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 31.24, 249.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0564 -0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.099 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7866, 29.9871, 59.0615)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509DC8 #C87B50

analogous

#50C8B7 #509DC8 #5061C8

triadic

#509DC8 #C8509D #9DC850

tetradic

#509DC8 #B750C8 #C87B50 #61C850

square

#509DC8 #B750C8 #C87B50 #61C850

split-complementary

#509DC8 #C85061 #C8B750

monochromatic

#265A78 #347EA6 #509DC8 #7FB7D7 #ADD1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#509DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#509DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #509DC8

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509DC8	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.099 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9d9',
    500: '#509dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509dc8;
$custom-light: #8bb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66455,
    "c": 0.09935,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509DC8

secondary

#D3B3A1

accent

#804CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509DC8

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

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