#509EBE#509EBE

#509EBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.090 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EBE
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 190)
HSL	hsl(197, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -14.64, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 27.93, 238.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% -0.0611 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.09 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8258, 29.8746, 53.1633)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EBE #BE7050

analogous

#50BEA7 #509EBE #5067BE

triadic

#509EBE #BE509E #9EBE50

tetradic

#509EBE #A750BE #BE7050 #67BE50

square

#509EBE #A750BE #BE7050 #67BE50

split-complementary

#509EBE #BE5067 #BEA750

monochromatic

#28586C #397C98 #509EBE #7DB7CF #A9CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#509EBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#509EBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509EBE

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#8D9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.090 227.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.455,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66248,
    "c": 0.09012,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EBE

secondary

#CDAB9D

accent

#7852D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EBE

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

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