#509EC9#509EC9

#509EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.100 H 235.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#509EC9
RGBrgb(80, 158, 201)
HSLhsl(201, 53%, 55%)
HSVhsv(201, 60%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(60.2%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(61.98, -11.22, -29.29)
CIE-LCHlch(61.98, 31.36, 249.04°)
OKLaboklab(66.73% -0.0571 -0.0819)
OKLCHoklch(66.73% 0.1 235.1)
XYZxyz(26.0737, 30.3737, 59.7357)
Luminance0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#509EC9 #C97B50
analogous
#50C9B7 #509EC9 #5062C9
triadic
#509EC9 #C9509E #9EC950
tetradic
#509EC9 #B750C9 #C97B50 #62C950
square
#509EC9 #B750C9 #C97B50 #62C950
split-complementary
#509EC9 #C95062 #C9B750
monochromatic
#255B79 #347FA8 #509EC9 #7FB8D7 #AED2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97
#509EC9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08
#509EC9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #509EC9
7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##509EC9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##509EC91.002.977.087.08
#FFFFFF2.971.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0821.001.001.00
##0000007.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8A9DCB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7990C8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A9AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #509ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.100 235.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbad9',
    500: '#509ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #509ec9;
$custom-light: #8bbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#509ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.322,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66732,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 235.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#509EC9
secondary
#D4B3A1
accent
#7F4CDC
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FA
border
#CBD0D3
text
#0D1114
muted
#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509EC9

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#509EC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva