#509DCD#509DCD

#509DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.104 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509DCD
RGB	rgb(80, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -9.40, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 33.08, 253.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0546 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.104 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3805, 30.2246, 62.1895)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509DCD #CD8050

analogous

#50CDBE #509DCD #505ECD

triadic

#509DCD #CD509D #9DCD50

tetradic

#509DCD #BE50CD #CD8050 #5ECD50

square

#509DCD #BE50CD #CD8050 #5ECD50

split-complementary

#509DCD #CD505E #CDBE50

monochromatic

#245C7E #327EAE #509DCD #80B8DB #AFD2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#509DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#509DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #509DCD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509DCD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.104 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9dc',
    500: '#509dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509dcd;
$custom-light: #8cb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.04,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66685,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509DCD

secondary

#D6B6A2

accent

#8349DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509DCD

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

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