#5197C8#5197C8

#5197C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.102 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5197C8
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 200)
HSL	hsl(205, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 24.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -7.45, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 32.75, 256.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0491 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.102 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8814, 28.0504, 58.7354)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5197C8 #C88251

analogous

#51C8BE #5197C8 #515BC8

triadic

#5197C8 #C85197 #97C851

tetradic

#5197C8 #BE51C8 #C88251 #5BC851

square

#5197C8 #BE51C8 #C88251 #5BC851

split-complementary

#5197C8 #C8515B #C8BE51

monochromatic

#265779 #3578A7 #5197C8 #80B3D7 #AECFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#5197C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#5197C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5197C8

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5197C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5197C8	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8197CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5197c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.102 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5d9',
    500: '#5197c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5197c8;
$custom-light: #8cb5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5197c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65111,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5197C8

secondary

#D3B6A1

accent

#874CDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5197C8

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

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