#509EC3#509EC3

#509EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.094 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509EC3
RGB	rgb(80, 158, 195)
HSL	hsl(199, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 19%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -13.10, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 29.38, 243.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0592 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.094 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3817, 30.0969, 56.0909)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509EC3 #C37550

analogous

#50C3AE #509EC3 #5065C3

triadic

#509EC3 #C3509E #9EC350

tetradic

#509EC3 #AE50C3 #C37550 #65C350

square

#509EC3 #AE50C3 #C37550 #65C350

split-complementary

#509EC3 #C35065 #C3AE50

monochromatic

#275A72 #377E9F #509EC3 #7EB7D3 #ABD1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#509EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#509EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #509EC3

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509EC3	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9CC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B90C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.094 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbad5',
    500: '#509ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509ec3;
$custom-light: #8bbad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.304,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66465,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509EC3

secondary

#D0AF9F

accent

#7B4FD8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EC3

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

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