#5185C9#5185C9

#5185C9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.118 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5185C9
RGB	rgb(81, 133, 201)
HSL	hsl(214, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(214, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 3.29, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 40.61, 274.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0291 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.118 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3197, 22.7395, 58.4600)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5185C9 #C99551

analogous

#51C1C9 #5185C9 #5951C9

triadic

#5185C9 #C95185 #85C951

tetradic

#5185C9 #C951C1 #C99551 #51C959

square

#5185C9 #C951C1 #C99551 #51C959

split-complementary

#5185C9 #C95951 #C1C951

monochromatic

#264A7A #3467A9 #5185C9 #80A6D7 #AEC6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#5185C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#5185C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5185C9

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5185C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5185C9	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6889CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00949E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5185c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 133, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.118 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba8da',
    500: '#5185c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5185c9;
$custom-light: #8ba8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5185c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61091,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5185C9

secondary

#D4BEA2

accent

#9E4CDC

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5185C9

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

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