#509FB4#509FB4

#509FB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.083 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509FB4
RGB	rgb(80, 159, 180)
HSL	hsl(193, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -18.18, -18.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 25.78, 225.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0661 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.083 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9414, 29.7948, 47.6605)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509FB4 #B46550

analogous

#50B497 #509FB4 #506DB4

triadic

#509FB4 #B4509F #9FB450

tetradic

#509FB4 #9750B4 #B46550 #6DB450

square

#509FB4 #9750B4 #B46550 #6DB450

split-complementary

#509FB4 #B4506D #B49750

monochromatic

#295560 #3C7A8B #509FB4 #7BB7C6 #A6CED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#509FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#509FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #509FB4

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509FB4	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8290B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.083 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bbca',
    500: '#509fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509fb4;
$custom-light: #89bbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.6,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66072,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509FB4

secondary

#C6A39A

accent

#7158D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #509FB4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →