#5189CB#5189CB

#5189CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.117 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5189CB
RGB	rgb(81, 137, 203)
HSL	hsl(212, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 32.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 1.59, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 39.70, 272.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.0329 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.117 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1146, 23.9504, 59.8931)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5189CB #CB9351

analogous

#51C6CB #5189CB #5651CB

triadic

#5189CB #CB5189 #89CB51

tetradic

#5189CB #CB51C6 #CB9351 #51CB56

square

#5189CB #CB51C6 #CB9351 #51CB56

split-complementary

#5189CB #CB5651 #C6CB51

monochromatic

#254D7C #336AAC #5189CB #80A9D9 #AFC9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#5189CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#5189CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5189CB

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5189CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5189CB	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5189cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 137, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.117 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabdb',
    500: '#5189cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5189cb;
$custom-light: #8cabdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5189cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.459,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62088,
    "c": 0.1168,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5189CB

secondary

#D5BEA3

accent

#9A4ADD

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5189CB

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

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