#5181AE#5181AE

#5181AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.087 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5181AE
RGB	rgb(81, 129, 174)
HSL	hsl(209, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(209, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 25.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -3.10, -28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 28.96, 263.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0326 -0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.087 248)
XYZ	xyz(18.8809, 20.5043, 42.9990)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5181AE #AE7E51

analogous

#51AEAD #5181AE #5152AE

triadic

#5181AE #AE5181 #81AE51

tetradic

#5181AE #AD51AE #AE7E51 #52AE51

square

#5181AE #AD51AE #AE7E51 #52AE51

split-complementary

#5181AE #AE5152 #AEAD51

monochromatic

#2A435A #3E6284 #5181AE #7B9FC1 #A5BDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#5181AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#5181AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5181AE

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5181AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5181AE	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E82B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6279AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5181ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 129, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.087 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a5c6',
    500: '#5181ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5181ae;
$custom-light: #88a5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5181ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.032,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58799,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.20506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5181AE

secondary

#C2AD99

accent

#925BCC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5181AE

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

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