#519DC9#519DC9

#519DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.100 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DC9
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, -10.48, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 31.47, 250.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0553 -0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.1 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9889, 30.0778, 59.6830)
Luminance	0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DC9 #C97D51

analogous

#51C9B9 #519DC9 #5161C9

triadic

#519DC9 #C9519D #9DC951

tetradic

#519DC9 #B951C9 #C97D51 #61C951

square

#519DC9 #B951C9 #C97D51 #61C951

split-complementary

#519DC9 #C95161 #C9B951

monochromatic

#265B7A #347EA9 #519DC9 #80B7D7 #AED2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#519DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#519DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #519DC9

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DC9	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7890C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.100 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9d9',
    500: '#519dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519dc9;
$custom-light: #8cb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66541,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DC9

secondary

#D4B4A2

accent

#814CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DC9

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

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