#509EBD#509EBD

#509EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.089 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EBD
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -14.94, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 27.67, 237.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0615 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.089 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7169, 29.8310, 52.5896)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EBD #BD6F50

analogous

#50BDA5 #509EBD #5068BD

triadic

#509EBD #BD509E #9EBD50

tetradic

#509EBD #A550BD #BD6F50 #68BD50

square

#509EBD #A550BD #BD6F50 #68BD50

split-complementary

#509EBD #BD5068 #BDA550

monochromatic

#28586A #397C97 #509EBD #7CB7CE #A9CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#509EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#509EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509EBD

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509EBD	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)

#8D9BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.089 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abad1',
    500: '#509ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ebd;
$custom-light: #8abad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.064,
    "s": 45.228,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66206,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EBD

secondary

#CCAA9D

accent

#7853D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EBD

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

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