#5196BD#5196BD

#5196BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.091 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5196BD
RGB	rgb(81, 150, 189)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 20.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -10.36, -26.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 28.78, 248.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0518 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.091 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4815, 27.2340, 52.1535)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5196BD #BD7851

analogous

#51BDAE #5196BD #5160BD

triadic

#5196BD #BD5196 #96BD51

tetradic

#5196BD #AE51BD #BD7851 #60BD51

square

#5196BD #AE51BD #BD7851 #60BD51

split-complementary

#5196BD #BD5160 #BDAE51

monochromatic

#29536B #397597 #5196BD #7DB1CE #AACCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#5196BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#5196BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5196BD

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5196BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5196BD	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8495BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5196bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 150, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.091 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab4d1',
    500: '#5196bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5196bd;
$custom-light: #8ab4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5196bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64372,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5196BD

secondary

#CCAE9E

accent

#8253D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5196BD

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

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