#509ab7

Color #509ab7

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 15.54 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5

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Conversions

HEX

#509ab7

RGB

rgb(80, 154, 183)

HSL

hsl(196.9, 41.7%, 51.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(196.9, 56.3%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(56.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(60.1, -14.6, -22.07)

LCH

lch(60.1, 26.46, 236.51)

OKLCH

oklch(65%, 0.0854, 226)

HWB

hwb(196.9, 31.4%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b76d50

Analogous

#50b7a1

#509ab7

#5067b7

Triadic

#509ab7

#b7509a

#9ab750

Split-complementary

#509ab7

#b75067

#b7a150

Tetradic

#509ab7

#6d50b7

#b76d50

#9ab750

Square

#509ab7

#a150b7

#b76d50

#67b750

Shades

Color #509ab7 mixed toward black.

#40829b

#33687c

#264e5d

#1a343e

#0d1a1f

Tints

Color #509ab7 mixed toward white.

#6dabc3

#8abccf

#a8cddb

#c5dde7

#e2eef3

Tones

Color #509ab7 mixed toward gray.

#5996ae

#6193a6

#6a8f9d

#728b95

#7b878c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.65:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7778b1 · ΔE 20.8

Deuteranopia

#736daf · ΔE 23.1

Tritanopia

#56abaa · ΔE 13

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 18.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #509ab7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#509ab7]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Frequently asked questions

#509ab7 (#509ab7) is rgb(80, 154, 183) in RGB.

No, #509ab7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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