#5179AE#5179AE

#5179AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.094 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5179AE
RGB	rgb(81, 121, 174)
HSL	hsl(214, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(214, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 30.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 1.64, -32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 32.47, 272.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% -0.023 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.094 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8681, 18.4787, 42.6614)
Luminance	0.1848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5179AE #AE8651

analogous

#51A7AE #5179AE #5851AE

triadic

#5179AE #AE5179 #79AE51

tetradic

#5179AE #AE51A7 #AE8651 #51AE58

square

#5179AE #AE51A7 #AE8651 #51AE58

split-complementary

#5179AE #AE5851 #A7AE51

monochromatic

#2A3F5A #3E5C84 #5179AE #7B99C1 #A5B9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#5179AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#5179AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5179AE

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5179AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5179AE	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5873AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E858C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5179ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 121, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.094 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889fc6',
    500: '#5179ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5179ae;
$custom-light: #889fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5179ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.194,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56969,
    "c": 0.09403,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5179AE

secondary

#C2B099

accent

#9C5BCC

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5179AE

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

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