#519DC8#519DC8

#519DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.099 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DC8
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 200)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -10.79, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 31.11, 249.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0557 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.099 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8717, 30.0309, 59.0655)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DC8 #C87C51

analogous

#51C8B8 #519DC8 #5161C8

triadic

#519DC8 #C8519D #9DC851

tetradic

#519DC8 #B851C8 #C87C51 #61C851

square

#519DC8 #B851C8 #C87C51 #61C851

split-complementary

#519DC8 #C85161 #C8B851

monochromatic

#265B79 #357EA7 #519DC8 #80B7D7 #AED1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#519DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#519DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #519DC8

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DC8	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.099 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9d9',
    500: '#519dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519dc8;
$custom-light: #8cb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.681,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66495,
    "c": 0.0988,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DC8

secondary

#D3B3A1

accent

#804CDB

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DC8

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

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