#519DBD#519DBD

#519DBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.089 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DBD
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 189)
HSL	hsl(198, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 16.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -14.20, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 27.61, 239.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0596 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.089 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6321, 29.5351, 52.5370)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DBD #BD7151

analogous

#51BDA7 #519DBD #5167BD

triadic

#519DBD #BD519D #9DBD51

tetradic

#519DBD #A751BD #BD7151 #67BD51

square

#519DBD #A751BD #BD7151 #67BD51

split-complementary

#519DBD #BD5167 #BDA751

monochromatic

#29576B #397C97 #519DBD #7DB6CE #AACFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#519DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#519DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519DBD

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DBD	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.089 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbad1',
    500: '#519dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519dbd;
$custom-light: #8bbad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66011,
    "c": 0.08889,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DBD

secondary

#CCAB9E

accent

#7A53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DBD

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

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