#5196BC#5196BC

#5196BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.090 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5196BC
RGB	rgb(81, 150, 188)
HSL	hsl(201, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 20.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -10.67, -26.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 28.42, 247.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0521 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.09 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3734, 27.1907, 51.5838)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5196BC #BC7751

analogous

#51BCAC #5196BC #5161BC

triadic

#5196BC #BC5196 #96BC51

tetradic

#5196BC #AC51BC #BC7751 #61BC51

square

#5196BC #AC51BC #BC7751 #61BC51

split-complementary

#5196BC #BC5161 #BCAC51

monochromatic

#29536A #3A7596 #5196BC #7DB1CD #A9CBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#5196BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#5196BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5196BC

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5196BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5196BC	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5196bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 150, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.090 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4d0',
    500: '#5196bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5196bc;
$custom-light: #8ab4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5196bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.308,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64327,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5196BC

secondary

#CCAE9D

accent

#8154D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5196BC

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

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