#5197B2#5197B2

#5197B2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.081 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5197B2
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(197, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 15.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -14.27, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 25.24, 235.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.057 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.081 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4928, 27.0949, 46.1554)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5197B2 #B26C51

analogous

#51B29C #5197B2 #5166B2

triadic

#5197B2 #B25197 #97B251

tetradic

#5197B2 #9C51B2 #B26C51 #66B251

square

#5197B2 #9C51B2 #B26C51 #66B251

split-complementary

#5197B2 #B25166 #B29C51

monochromatic

#2A505F #3D7489 #5197B2 #7BB0C5 #A6CAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#5197B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#5197B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5197B2

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5197B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5197B2	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8894B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5197b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.081 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b5c9',
    500: '#5197b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5197b2;
$custom-light: #89b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5197b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.701,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6413,
    "c": 0.08119,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5197B2

secondary

#C5A69A

accent

#7A59CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5197B2

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

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