#519DC6#519DC6

#519DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.097 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DC6
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -11.42, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 30.41, 247.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0564 -0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.097 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6395, 29.9381, 57.8426)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DC6 #C67A51

analogous

#51C6B5 #519DC6 #5162C6

triadic

#519DC6 #C6519D #9DC651

tetradic

#519DC6 #B551C6 #C67A51 #62C651

square

#519DC6 #B551C6 #C67A51 #62C651

split-complementary

#519DC6 #C65162 #C6B551

monochromatic

#275A76 #367DA4 #519DC6 #7FB7D5 #ADD1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#519DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#519DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519DC6

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DC6	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.097 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9d7',
    500: '#519dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519dc6;
$custom-light: #8cb9d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.026,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66405,
    "c": 0.09686,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DC6

secondary

#D2B2A1

accent

#7F4EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DC6

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

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