#519EB5#519EB5

#519EB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.083 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519EB5
RGB	rgb(81, 158, 181)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.25, -17.14, -19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.25, 25.72, 228.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% -0.0638 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.083 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9574, 29.5371, 48.1458)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519EB5 #B56851

analogous

#51B59A #519EB5 #516CB5

triadic

#519EB5 #B5519E #9EB551

tetradic

#519EB5 #9A51B5 #B56851 #6CB551

square

#519EB5 #9A51B5 #B56851 #6CB551

split-complementary

#519EB5 #B5516C #B59A51

monochromatic

#2A5562 #3C7A8D #519EB5 #7CB6C7 #A7CEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#519EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#519EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519EB5

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519EB5	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 158, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.083 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abacb',
    500: '#519eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519eb5;
$custom-light: #8abacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65915,
    "c": 0.08309,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519EB5

secondary

#C7A59B

accent

#7358D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519EB5

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

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