#519DAD#519DAD

#519DAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.079 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DAD
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -18.96, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 24.52, 219.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0659 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.079 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9902, 28.8783, 43.8896)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DAD #AD6151

analogous

#51AD8F #519DAD #516FAD

triadic

#519DAD #AD519D #9DAD51

tetradic

#519DAD #8F51AD #AD6151 #6FAD51

square

#519DAD #8F51AD #AD6151 #6FAD51

split-complementary

#519DAD #AD516F #AD8F51

monochromatic

#2A515A #3D7783 #519DAD #7AB5C1 #A4CCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#519DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#519DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519DAD

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DAD	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.079 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bac5',
    500: '#519dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519dad;
$custom-light: #89bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 36.22,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65359,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DAD

secondary

#C29F98

accent

#6F5CCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DAD

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

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