#519BB5#519BB5

#519BB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.083 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519BB5
RGB	rgb(81, 155, 181)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -15.54, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 25.75, 232.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0604 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.083 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4520, 28.5261, 47.9773)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519BB5 #B56B51

analogous

#51B59D #519BB5 #5169B5

triadic

#519BB5 #B5519B #9BB551

tetradic

#519BB5 #9D51B5 #B56B51 #69B551

square

#519BB5 #9D51B5 #B56B51 #69B551

split-complementary

#519BB5 #B55169 #B59D51

monochromatic

#2A5362 #3C788D #519BB5 #7CB4C7 #A7CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#519BB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#519BB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519BB5

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519BB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519BB5	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C98B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519bb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 155, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.083 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8cb',
    500: '#519bb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519bb5;
$custom-light: #8ab8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519bb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65203,
    "c": 0.08307,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519BB5

secondary

#C7A69B

accent

#7758D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519BB5

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

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