#51869D#51869D

#51869D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.066 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51869D
RGB	rgb(81, 134, 157)
HSL	hsl(198, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(198, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -11.15, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 20.95, 237.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0448 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.066 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0020, 21.2325, 35.0414)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51869D #9D6851

analogous

#519D8E #51869D #51609D

triadic

#51869D #9D5186 #869D51

tetradic

#51869D #8E519D #9D6851 #609D51

square

#51869D #8E519D #9D6851 #609D51

split-complementary

#51869D #9D5160 #9D8E51

monochromatic

#27414C #3C6475 #51869D #74A3B7 #9CBECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#51869D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#51869D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51869D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51869D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51869D	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A849E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51869d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 134, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.066 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9ba',
    500: '#51869d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51869d;
$custom-light: #86a9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51869d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.158,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59206,
    "c": 0.06648,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51869D

secondary

#B99D91

accent

#7F60C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51869D

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

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