#5197CE#5197CE

#5197CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.109 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5197CE
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 206)
HSL	hsl(206, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -5.52, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 35.29, 260.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0472 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.109 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5964, 28.3364, 62.5011)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5197CE #CE8851

analogous

#51CEC7 #5197CE #5159CE

triadic

#5197CE #CE5197 #97CE51

tetradic

#5197CE #C751CE #CE8851 #59CE51

square

#5197CE #C751CE #CE8851 #59CE51

split-complementary

#5197CE #CE5159 #CEC751

monochromatic

#245880 #3278B0 #5197CE #81B4DB #B1D0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#5197CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#5197CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5197CE

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5197CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5197CE	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F98D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5197ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.109 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb5dd',
    500: '#5197ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5197ce;
$custom-light: #8cb5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5197ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.4,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65399,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5197CE

secondary

#D7BAA4

accent

#8B48DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #5197CE

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

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