#5182BB#5182BB

#5182BB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.103 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5182BB
RGB	rgb(81, 130, 187)
HSL	hsl(212, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(212, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 30.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, 0.47, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 34.91, 270.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% -0.0297 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.103 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3424, 21.3007, 50.0435)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5182BB #BB8A51

analogous

#51B7BB #5182BB #5551BB

triadic

#5182BB #BB5182 #82BB51

tetradic

#5182BB #BB51B7 #BB8A51 #51BB55

square

#5182BB #BB51B7 #BB8A51 #51BB55

split-complementary

#5182BB #BB5551 #B7BB51

monochromatic

#294669 #3A6495 #5182BB #7DA2CC #A9C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#5182BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#5182BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5182BB

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5182BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5182BB	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B85BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5182bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 130, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.103 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa6cf',
    500: '#5182bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5182bb;
$custom-light: #8aa6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5182bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.264,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59678,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5182BB

secondary

#CBB69D

accent

#9954D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5182BB

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

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