#519BBD#519BBD

#519BBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.089 H 230.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519BBD
RGB	rgb(81, 155, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 18%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.66, -13.11, -24.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.66, 27.86, 241.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0574 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.089 230)
XYZ	xyz(24.2965, 28.8639, 52.4251)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519BBD #BD7351

analogous

#51BDA9 #519BBD #5165BD

triadic

#519BBD #BD519B #9BBD51

tetradic

#519BBD #A951BD #BD7351 #65BD51

square

#519BBD #A951BD #BD7351 #65BD51

split-complementary

#519BBD #BD5165 #BDA951

monochromatic

#29566B #397A97 #519BBD #7DB4CE #AACEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#519BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#519BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519BBD

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519BBD	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A99BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 155, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.089 230.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb8d1',
    500: '#519bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519bbd;
$custom-light: #8bb8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65542,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.28866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519BBD

secondary

#CCAC9E

accent

#7C53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519BBD

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

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