#51909F#51909F

#51909F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.069 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51909F
RGB	rgb(81, 144, 159)
HSL	hsl(192, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -16.06, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 21.45, 221.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0563 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.069 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6222, 24.1975, 36.4307)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51909F #9F6051

analogous

#519F87 #51909F #51699F

triadic

#51909F #9F5190 #909F51

tetradic

#51909F #87519F #9F6051 #699F51

square

#51909F #87519F #9F6051 #699F51

split-complementary

#51909F #9F5169 #9F8751

monochromatic

#28474E #3C6B76 #51909F #75ABB9 #9DC4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#51909F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#51909F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51909F

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51909F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51909F	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51909f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 144, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.069 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b0bb',
    500: '#51909f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51909f;
$custom-light: #87b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51909f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 32.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61687,
    "c": 0.0686,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51909F

secondary

#BA9992

accent

#735FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #51909F

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

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