#5196BB#5196BB

#5196BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.089 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5196BB
RGB	rgb(81, 150, 187)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 19.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -10.98, -25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 28.07, 246.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0525 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.089 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2660, 27.1478, 51.0180)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5196BB #BB7651

analogous

#51BBAB #5196BB #5161BB

triadic

#5196BB #BB5196 #96BB51

tetradic

#5196BB #AB51BB #BB7651 #61BB51

square

#5196BB #AB51BB #BB7651 #61BB51

split-complementary

#5196BB #BB5161 #BBAB51

monochromatic

#295269 #3A7595 #5196BB #7DB1CC #A9CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#5196BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#5196BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5196BB

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5196BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5196BB	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5196bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 150, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.089 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4cf',
    500: '#5196bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5196bb;
$custom-light: #8ab4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5196bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.943,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64283,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5196BB

secondary

#CBAD9D

accent

#8154D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5196BB

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

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