#5197BD#5197BD

#5197BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.091 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5197BD
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 189)
HSL	hsl(201, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 20.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -10.91, -26.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 28.56, 247.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0529 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.091 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6418, 27.5545, 52.2069)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5197BD #BD7751

analogous

#51BDAD #5197BD #5161BD

triadic

#5197BD #BD5197 #97BD51

tetradic

#5197BD #AD51BD #BD7751 #61BD51

square

#5197BD #AD51BD #BD7751 #61BD51

split-complementary

#5197BD #BD5161 #BDAD51

monochromatic

#29546B #397697 #5197BD #7DB2CE #AACCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#5197BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#5197BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5197BD

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5197BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5197BD	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8596BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5197bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.091 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab5d1',
    500: '#5197bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5197bd;
$custom-light: #8ab5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5197bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64605,
    "c": 0.09069,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5197BD

secondary

#CCAE9E

accent

#8153D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5197BD

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

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