#519EC6#519EC6

#519EC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.096 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519EC6
RGB	rgb(81, 158, 198)
HSL	hsl(201, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 20.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -11.97, -27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 30.20, 246.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0575 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.096 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8094, 30.2778, 57.8992)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519EC6 #C67951

analogous

#51C6B4 #519EC6 #5164C6

triadic

#519EC6 #C6519E #9EC651

tetradic

#519EC6 #B451C6 #C67951 #64C651

square

#519EC6 #B451C6 #C67951 #64C651

split-complementary

#519EC6 #C65164 #C6B451

monochromatic

#275B76 #367EA4 #519EC6 #7FB8D5 #ADD1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#519EC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#519EC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #519EC6

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519EC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519EC6	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9CC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A90C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519ec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 158, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.096 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbad7',
    500: '#519ec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519ec6;
$custom-light: #8cbad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519ec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.513,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66638,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519EC6

secondary

#D2B2A1

accent

#7E4EDA

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #519EC6

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

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