#5281BC#5281BC

#5281BC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.104 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5281BC
RGB	rgb(82, 129, 188)
HSL	hsl(213, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(213, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 31.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 1.61, -35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 35.81, 272.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0274 -0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.104 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4038, 21.1235, 50.5692)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5281BC #BC8D52

analogous

#52B6BC #5281BC #5852BC

triadic

#5281BC #BC5281 #81BC52

tetradic

#5281BC #BC52B6 #BC8D52 #52BC58

square

#5281BC #BC52B6 #BC8D52 #52BC58

split-complementary

#5281BC #BC5852 #B6BC52

monochromatic

#29466A #3A6397 #5281BC #7EA1CD #AAC1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#5281BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#5281BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5281BC

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5281BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5281BC	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6984BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5281bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(82, 129, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.104 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa5d0',
    500: '#5281bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5281bc;
$custom-light: #8aa5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5281bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 82,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.396,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59555,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5281BC

secondary

#CCB79E

accent

#9B54D4

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5281BC

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

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