#519DCD#519DCD

#519DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.104 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DCD
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(203, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -9.21, -31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 32.97, 253.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0539 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.104 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4656, 30.2685, 62.1934)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DCD #CD8151

analogous

#51CDBF #519DCD #515FCD

triadic

#519DCD #CD519D #9DCD51

tetradic

#519DCD #BF51CD #CD8151 #5FCD51

square

#519DCD #BF51CD #CD8151 #5FCD51

split-complementary

#519DCD #CD515F #CDBF51

monochromatic

#255C7F #327EAF #519DCD #81B8DB #B0D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#519DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#519DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #519DCD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DCD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879DCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7690CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.104 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb9dc',
    500: '#519dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519dcd;
$custom-light: #8cb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.226,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66725,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DCD

secondary

#D7B7A3

accent

#8349DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DCD

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

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