What the Bluff through Salted Lacing

#509ab9 RGB(80,154,185)

About this color

What the Bluff through Salted Lacing is rendered by screens as RGB(80, 154, 185) — a medium, moderate blue hue.

#509ab9RGB(80, 154, 185)

HSL 198° · 43% saturation · 52% lightness

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Psychology

Blue at medium lightness is the colour of trust and communication — widely associated with stability, focus, and honesty.

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History

Blue has been among the most valued pigments throughout history — ultramarine, ground from lapis lazuli, was once worth more than gold and reserved for the robes of the Virgin Mary in medieval painting.

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Design use

This shade sits in a versatile middle ground — useful as interactive elements, tags, badges, and highlight states. It has enough saturation to register clearly without straining extended-reading contexts.

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Colour pairings

When it comes to colour harmony, complement this blue with amber and warm orange for high-contrast energy, or stay within blue-green and violet neighbours for a serene, cohesive feel.

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Color formats

Name
What the Bluff through Salted Lacing
HEX
#509ab9
RGB
rgb(80,154,185)
RGB%
rgb(31.4%,60.4%,72.5%)
HSL
hsl(198,43%,52%)
HSV
hsv(198,57%,73%)
CMYK
cmyk(57,17,0,27)
LAB
lab(60,-14,-23)
LCH
lch(60,27,239)
sRGB
(0.314,0.604,0.725)
HEX8
#509ab9ff
CSS Name
Decimal
080154185

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Color info

Lightness
52%
Saturation
43%
Hue
198°
Chroma
27
Temperature
WarmCool
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