#519DC5#519DC5

#519DC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.096 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DC5
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 197)
HSL	hsl(201, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, -11.73, -27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 30.07, 247.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0567 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.096 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5245, 29.8921, 57.2371)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DC5 #C57951

analogous

#51C5B3 #519DC5 #5163C5

triadic

#519DC5 #C5519D #9DC551

tetradic

#519DC5 #B351C5 #C57951 #63C551

square

#519DC5 #B351C5 #C57951 #63C551

split-complementary

#519DC5 #C55163 #C5B351

monochromatic

#275A75 #367DA3 #519DC5 #7FB7D4 #ADD1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#519DC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#519DC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519DC5

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DC5	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9BC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519dc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.096 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb9d6',
    500: '#519dc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519dc5;
$custom-light: #8bb9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519dc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6636,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DC5

secondary

#D1B1A0

accent

#7E4EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DC5

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

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