Quiet Aqua Ink

#51a0bd

Notes

Quiet Aqua Ink (#51A0BD) is a true cyan with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (196°, 45%, 53%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary orange. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX

#51a0bd

RGB

rgb(81, 160, 189)

HSL

hsl(196, 45%, 53%)