#5196C8#5196C8

#5196C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.103 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5196C8
RGB	rgb(81, 150, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 25%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -6.89, -32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 33.06, 257.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% -0.048 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.103 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.7211, 27.7299, 58.6820)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5196C8 #C88351

analogous

#51C8BE #5196C8 #515BC8

triadic

#5196C8 #C85196 #96C851

tetradic

#5196C8 #BE51C8 #C88351 #5BC851

square

#5196C8 #BE51C8 #C88351 #5BC851

split-complementary

#5196C8 #C8515B #C8BE51

monochromatic

#265679 #3577A7 #5196C8 #80B2D7 #AECEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#5196C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#5196C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5196C8

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5196C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5196C8	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8096CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5196c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 150, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.103 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4d9',
    500: '#5196c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5196c8;
$custom-light: #8cb4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5196c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64881,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5196C8

secondary

#D3B6A1

accent

#884CDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5196C8

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

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