#519A8E#519A8E

#519A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.076 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519A8E
RGB	rgb(81, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -25.87, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 25.88, 181.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0758 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.076 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8294, 26.8119, 29.7162)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519A8E #9A515D

analogous

#519A69 #519A8E #51819A

triadic

#519A8E #8E519A #9A8E51

tetradic

#519A8E #69519A #9A515D #819A51

square

#519A8E #69519A #9A515D #819A51

split-complementary

#519A8E #9A5181 #9A6951

monochromatic

#274A44 #3C7269 #519A8E #73B5AA #9BCAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#519A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#519A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519A8E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519A8E	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.076 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b8af',
    500: '#519a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519a8e;
$custom-light: #87b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.137,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63532,
    "c": 0.07588,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519A8E

secondary

#B78F96

accent

#6171C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519A8E

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

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