#519ACD#519ACD

#519ACD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.106 H 241.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519ACD
RGB	rgb(81, 154, 205)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(205, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 24.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -7.54, -33.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 33.86, 257.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0507 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.106 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9643, 29.2658, 62.0263)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519ACD #CD8451

analogous

#51CDC2 #519ACD #515CCD

triadic

#519ACD #CD519A #9ACD51

tetradic

#519ACD #C251CD #CD8451 #5CCD51

square

#519ACD #C251CD #CD8451 #5CCD51

split-complementary

#519ACD #CD515C #CDC251

monochromatic

#255A7F #327BAF #519ACD #81B6DB #B0D1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#519ACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#519ACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519ACD

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519ACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519ACD	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#839ACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519acd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 154, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.106 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb7dc',
    500: '#519acd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519acd;
$custom-light: #8cb7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519acd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.677,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66036,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519ACD

secondary

#D7B8A3

accent

#8749DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #519ACD

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

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