#519DBE#519DBE

#519DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.090 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DBE
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 190)
HSL	hsl(198, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, -13.89, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 27.89, 240.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0593 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.09 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7410, 29.5787, 53.1106)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DBE #BE7251

analogous

#51BEA8 #519DBE #5166BE

triadic

#519DBE #BE519D #9DBE51

tetradic

#519DBE #A851BE #BE7251 #66BE51

square

#519DBE #A851BE #BE7251 #66BE51

split-complementary

#519DBE #BE5166 #BEA851

monochromatic

#28586C #397C99 #519DBE #7EB6CF #AACFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#519DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#519DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519DBE

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DBE	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#8C9BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8FBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.090 228.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.165,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66054,
    "c": 0.08972,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DBE

secondary

#CDAC9E

accent

#7A53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DBE

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

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