#509FC9#509FC9

#509FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.099 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#509FC9
RGB	rgb(80, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -11.77, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 31.14, 247.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0582 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.099 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2450, 30.7163, 59.7927)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#509FC9 #C97A50

analogous

#50C9B6 #509FC9 #5063C9

triadic

#509FC9 #C9509F #9FC950

tetradic

#509FC9 #B650C9 #C97A50 #63C950

square

#509FC9 #B650C9 #C97A50 #63C950

split-complementary

#509FC9 #C95063 #C9B650

monochromatic

#255C79 #3480A8 #509FC9 #7FB9D7 #AED2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#509FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#509FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #509FC9

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##509FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##509FC9	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #509fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(80, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.099 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbbd9',
    500: '#509fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #509fc9;
$custom-light: #8cbbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#509fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 80,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.826,
    "s": 52.838,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66964,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#509FC9

secondary

#D4B3A1

accent

#7E4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #509FC9

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

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