#5185CC#5185CC

#5185CC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.122 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5185CC
RGB	rgb(81, 133, 204)
HSL	hsl(215, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(215, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 34.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 4.29, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 42.16, 275.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0284 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.122 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6761, 22.8820, 60.3367)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5185CC #CC9851

analogous

#51C3CC #5185CC #5A51CC

triadic

#5185CC #CC5185 #85CC51

tetradic

#5185CC #CC51C3 #CC9851 #51CC5A

square

#5185CC #CC51C3 #CC9851 #51CC5A

split-complementary

#5185CC #CC5A51 #C3CC51

monochromatic

#254A7E #3366AD #5185CC #80A6DA #B0C7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#5185CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#5185CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5185CC

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5185CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5185CC	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577ECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5185cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 133, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.122 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca8dc',
    500: '#5185cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5185cc;
$custom-light: #8ca8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5185cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.634,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61254,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5185CC

secondary

#D6C0A3

accent

#9F4ADE

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5185CC

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

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