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Recognised as Colour

#519CA8

  • #519CA8
  • Cyan
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Cadetblue

#519CA8 is a cyan with RGB values 81, 156, 168 and HSL 188°, 35%, 49%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 6.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Cadetblue.

Colour values

#519CA8#519CA8
HEX#519CA8
RGBrgb(81, 156, 168)
RGB (0–1)0.3176, 0.6118, 0.6588
RGB percentages31.8%, 61.2%, 65.9%
HSLhsl(188.3, 34.9%, 48.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(188.3, 51.8%, 65.9%)
CMYK51.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer5,348,520
CSS custom property--colour: #519CA8;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.28353WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness139.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 6.67:1
Contrast with white3.15:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black6.67:1WCAG normal text: AA
Greyscale equivalent#8D8D8D
Inverted#AE6357

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9197A9no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 21.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#838DA8no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 22.4 from the original
Tritanopia#16A2A0no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.7 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text3.15:1WCAG large text: AA
Contrast with black, large text6.67:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Cadetblue · ΔE 6.1Dark cyan · ΔE 14.1Teal · ΔE 15.7Light slate grey · ΔE 18.3Slate grey · ΔE 19.4Light seagreen · ΔE 19.8
Nearest named CSS colourCadetblue (#5F9EA0)ΔE 6.08, clearly different but related
Hue familycyan
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#A85D51
Analogous#51A888, #5171A8
Triadic#A8519C, #9CA851
Split complementary#A85171, #A88851
Tetradic#8851A8, #A85D51, #71A851

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9EAEC
Lighter +30%#B6D7DC
Lighter +20%#94C4CB
Lighter +10%#71B1BB
Darker −10%#407C86
Darker −20%#305C63
Darker −30%#1F3C41
Darker −40%#0F1C1E
More saturated +25%#32B3C7
Less saturated −25%#708589

Channel breakdown

R81
G156
B168
Red81 (31.8%)
Green156 (61.2%)
Blue168 (65.9%)
Hue188.28°
Saturation (HSL)34.94%
Lightness48.82%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 51 · G 9C · B A8

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