#5185C8#5185C8

#5185C8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.117 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5185C8
RGB	rgb(81, 133, 200)
HSL	hsl(214, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(214, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 2.96, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 40.10, 274.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0294 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.117 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2025, 22.6926, 57.8424)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5185C8 #C89451

analogous

#51C0C8 #5185C8 #5951C8

triadic

#5185C8 #C85185 #85C851

tetradic

#5185C8 #C851C0 #C89451 #51C859

square

#5185C8 #C851C0 #C89451 #51C859

split-complementary

#5185C8 #C85951 #C0C851

monochromatic

#264A79 #3567A7 #5185C8 #80A6D7 #AEC6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#5185C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#5185C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5185C8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5185C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5185C8	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6989CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597EC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00949D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5185c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 133, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.117 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba8d9',
    500: '#5185c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5185c8;
$custom-light: #8ba8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5185c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.782,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61037,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5185C8

secondary

#D3BEA1

accent

#9D4CDB

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D0F14

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5185C8

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

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