#519DB8#519DB8

#519DB8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.085 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DB8
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 184)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 14.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -15.71, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 26.35, 233.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0615 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.085 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0987, 29.3218, 49.7278)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DB8 #B86C51

analogous

#51B8A0 #519DB8 #516AB8

triadic

#519DB8 #B8519D #9DB851

tetradic

#519DB8 #A051B8 #B86C51 #6AB851

square

#519DB8 #A051B8 #B86C51 #6AB851

split-complementary

#519DB8 #B8516A #B8A051

monochromatic

#295665 #3B7A91 #519DB8 #7CB5CA #A8CEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#519DB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#519DB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519DB8

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DB8	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9AB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519db8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.085 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abacd',
    500: '#519db8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519db8;
$custom-light: #8abacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519db8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.728,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65801,
    "c": 0.08508,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DB8

secondary

#C9A89C

accent

#7656D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DB8

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

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