#519BAE#519BAE

#519BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.079 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519BAE
RGB	rgb(81, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(192, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -17.61, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 24.45, 223.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% -0.0632 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.079 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7517, 28.2460, 44.2892)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519BAE #AE6451

analogous

#51AE93 #519BAE #516CAE

triadic

#519BAE #AE519B #9BAE51

tetradic

#519BAE #9351AE #AE6451 #6CAE51

square

#519BAE #9351AE #AE6451 #6CAE51

split-complementary

#519BAE #AE516C #AE9351

monochromatic

#2A515A #3E7684 #519BAE #7BB3C1 #A5CBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#519BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#519BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519BAE

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519BAE	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.079 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b8c6',
    500: '#519bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519bae;
$custom-light: #89b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.258,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64919,
    "c": 0.07872,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519BAE

secondary

#C2A199

accent

#725BCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519BAE

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

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