#519BCD#519BCD

#519BCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.105 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519BCD
RGB	rgb(81, 155, 205)
HSL	hsl(204, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -8.10, -32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 33.55, 256.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0518 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.105 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1300, 29.5973, 62.0816)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519BCD #CD8351

analogous

#51CDC1 #519BCD #515DCD

triadic

#519BCD #CD519B #9BCD51

tetradic

#519BCD #C151CD #CD8351 #5DCD51

square

#519BCD #C151CD #CD8351 #5DCD51

split-complementary

#519BCD #CD515D #CDC151

monochromatic

#255B7F #327CAF #519BCD #81B6DB #B0D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#519BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#519BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519BCD

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519BCD	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#849BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#748ECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 155, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.105 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb8dc',
    500: '#519bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519bcd;
$custom-light: #8cb8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.194,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66265,
    "c": 0.105,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519BCD

secondary

#D7B8A3

accent

#8549DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #519BCD

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

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