#519BB9#519BB9

#519BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.086 H 226.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519BB9
RGB	rgb(81, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(197, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -14.33, -22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 26.73, 237.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0589 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.086 226.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8683, 28.6926, 50.1699)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519BB9 #B96F51

analogous

#51B9A3 #519BB9 #5167B9

triadic

#519BB9 #B9519B #9BB951

tetradic

#519BB9 #A351B9 #B96F51 #67B951

square

#519BB9 #A351B9 #B96F51 #67B951

split-complementary

#519BB9 #B95167 #B9A351

monochromatic

#295566 #3B7992 #519BB9 #7DB4CB #A8CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#519BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#519BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519BB9

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519BB9	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.086 226.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab8ce',
    500: '#519bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519bb9;
$custom-light: #8ab8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.308,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6537,
    "c": 0.08606,
    "h": 226.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519BB9

secondary

#CAA99C

accent

#7955D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519BB9

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

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