#519CBB#519CBB

#519CBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.087 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519CBB
RGB	rgb(81, 156, 187)
HSL	hsl(198, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 16.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -14.27, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 27.17, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0593 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.087 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2480, 29.1119, 51.3454)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519CBB #BB7051

analogous

#51BBA5 #519CBB #5167BB

triadic

#519CBB #BB519C #9CBB51

tetradic

#519CBB #A551BB #BB7051 #67BB51

square

#519CBB #A551BB #BB7051 #67BB51

split-complementary

#519CBB #BB5167 #BBA551

monochromatic

#295669 #3A7A95 #519CBB #7DB5CC #A9CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#519CBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#519CBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519CBB

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519CBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519CBB	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519cbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 156, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.087 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ab9cf',
    500: '#519cbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519cbb;
$custom-light: #8ab9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519cbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.547,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65691,
    "c": 0.08748,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519CBB

secondary

#CBAA9D

accent

#7954D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519CBB

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

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