#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
RGBrgb(81, 157, 201)
HSLhsl(202, 53%, 55%)
HSVhsv(202, 60%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(59.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(61.72, -10.48, -29.68)
CIE-LCHlch(61.72, 31.47, 250.56°)
OKLaboklab(66.54% -0.0553 -0.083)
OKLCHoklch(66.54% 0.1 236.3)
XYZxyz(25.9889, 30.0778, 59.6830)
Luminance0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##519DC91.002.997.027.02
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0221.001.001.00
##0000007.0221.001.001.00

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

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#519DC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva