#509EAE#509EAE

#509EAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.080 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EAE
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -19.41, -15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 24.94, 218.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0674 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.08 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1721, 29.2131, 44.4537)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EAE #AE6050

analogous

#50AE8F #509EAE #506FAE

triadic

#509EAE #AE509E #9EAE50

tetradic

#509EAE #8F50AE #AE6050 #6FAE50

square

#509EAE #8F50AE #AE6050 #6FAE50

split-complementary

#509EAE #AE506F #AE8F50

monochromatic

#29525A #3D7884 #509EAE #7AB5C2 #A3CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#509EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#509EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509EAE

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509EAE	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9299AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.080 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bac6',
    500: '#509eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509eae;
$custom-light: #89bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.213,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65596,
    "c": 0.0801,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EAE

secondary

#C29F98

accent

#6E5BCD

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EAE

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

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