#519DAE#519DAE

#519DAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.079 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519DAE
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -18.67, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 24.62, 220.70°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.0655 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.079 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0873, 28.9172, 44.4011)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519DAE #AE6251

analogous

#51AE91 #519DAE #516EAE

triadic

#519DAE #AE519D #9DAE51

tetradic

#519DAE #9151AE #AE6251 #6EAE51

square

#519DAE #9151AE #AE6251 #6EAE51

split-complementary

#519DAE #AE516E #AE9151

monochromatic

#2A525A #3E7784 #519DAE #7BB5C1 #A5CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#519DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#519DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519DAE

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519DAE	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)

#9099AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.079 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bac6',
    500: '#519dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519dae;
$custom-light: #89bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.968,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65398,
    "c": 0.07914,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519DAE

secondary

#C2A099

accent

#705BCC

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #519DAE

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

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