#5196CB#5196CB

#5196CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.106 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5196CB
RGB	rgb(81, 150, 203)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 26.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -5.93, -33.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 34.34, 260.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.047 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.106 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0752, 27.8715, 60.5466)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5196CB #CB8651

analogous

#51CBC3 #5196CB #5159CB

triadic

#5196CB #CB5196 #96CB51

tetradic

#5196CB #C351CB #CB8651 #59CB51

square

#5196CB #C351CB #CB8651 #59CB51

split-complementary

#5196CB #CB5159 #CBC351

monochromatic

#25577C #3377AC #5196CB #80B2D9 #AFCFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#5196CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#5196CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5196CB

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5196CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5196CB	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F97CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8BCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5196cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 150, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.106 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb4db',
    500: '#5196cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5196cb;
$custom-light: #8cb4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5196cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.066,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65025,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5196CB

secondary

#D5B9A3

accent

#8A4ADD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5196CB

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

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