#51869E#51869E

#51869E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.067 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51869E
RGB	rgb(81, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(199, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(199, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -10.85, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 21.24, 239.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0444 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.067 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0877, 21.2668, 35.4929)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51869E #9E6951

analogous

#519E90 #51869E #51609E

triadic

#51869E #9E5186 #869E51

tetradic

#51869E #90519E #9E6951 #609E51

square

#51869E #90519E #9E6951 #609E51

split-complementary

#51869E #9E5160 #9E9051

monochromatic

#28414D #3C6476 #51869E #74A3B8 #9DBECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#51869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#51869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51869E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51869E	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)

#7A849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.067 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a9ba',
    500: '#51869e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51869e;
$custom-light: #87a9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.701,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59248,
    "c": 0.06732,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51869E

secondary

#BA9E91

accent

#805FC8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C0F11

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51869E

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

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