#519EC9#519EC9

#519EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.099 H 235.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519EC9
RGB	rgb(81, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(202, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -11.03, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 31.24, 249.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.0564 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.099 235.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1588, 30.4176, 59.7396)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519EC9 #C97C51

analogous

#51C9B8 #519EC9 #5162C9

triadic

#519EC9 #C9519E #9EC951

tetradic

#519EC9 #B851C9 #C97C51 #62C951

square

#519EC9 #B851C9 #C97C51 #62C951

split-complementary

#519EC9 #C95162 #C9B851

monochromatic

#265C7A #347FA9 #519EC9 #80B8D7 #AED2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#519EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#519EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #519EC9

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519EC9	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9DCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7990C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.099 235.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbad9',
    500: '#519ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519ec9;
$custom-light: #8cbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66772,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 235.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519EC9

secondary

#D4B4A2

accent

#7F4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1114

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #519EC9

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

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