#509FBC#509FBC

#509FBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.088 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509FBC
RGB	rgb(80, 159, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -15.78, -22.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 27.34, 234.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.063 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.088 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7800, 30.1303, 52.0770)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509FBC #BC6D50

analogous

#50BCA3 #509FBC #5069BC

triadic

#509FBC #BC509F #9FBC50

tetradic

#509FBC #A350BC #BC6D50 #69BC50

square

#509FBC #A350BC #BC6D50 #69BC50

split-complementary

#509FBC #BC5069 #BCA350

monochromatic

#285869 #397D96 #509FBC #7CB7CD #A9D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#509FBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#509FBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #509FBC

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509FBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509FBC	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509fbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 159, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.088 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abbd0',
    500: '#509fbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509fbc;
$custom-light: #8abbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509fbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.111,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66399,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509FBC

secondary

#CBA99C

accent

#7653D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #509FBC

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

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