#519BB6#519BB6

#519BB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.084 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519BB6
RGB	rgb(81, 155, 182)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -15.24, -21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 25.98, 234.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.06 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.084 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5549, 28.5673, 48.5196)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519BB6 #B66C51

analogous

#51B69F #519BB6 #5169B6

triadic

#519BB6 #B6519B #9BB651

tetradic

#519BB6 #9F51B6 #B66C51 #69B651

square

#519BB6 #9F51B6 #B66C51 #69B651

split-complementary

#519BB6 #B65169 #B69F51

monochromatic

#2A5463 #3C788E #519BB6 #7CB4C8 #A7CDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#519BB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#519BB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519BB6

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519BB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519BB6	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)

#8C98B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8DB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519bb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 155, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.084 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8cc',
    500: '#519bb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519bb6;
$custom-light: #8ab8cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519bb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.04,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65244,
    "c": 0.08379,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519BB6

secondary

#C8A79B

accent

#7857D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519BB6

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

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