#519B8A#519B8A

#519B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.079 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519B8A
RGB	rgb(81, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -27.36, 1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 27.42, 176.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0789 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.079 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7002, 27.0254, 28.2181)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519B8A #9B5162

analogous

#519B65 #519B8A #51879B

triadic

#519B8A #8A519B #9B8A51

tetradic

#519B8A #65519B #9B5162 #879B51

square

#519B8A #65519B #9B5162 #879B51

split-complementary

#519B8A #9B5187 #9B6551

monochromatic

#274B42 #3C7366 #519B8A #73B6A7 #9BCBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#519B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#519B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519B8A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519B8A	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.079 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9ac',
    500: '#519b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519b8a;
$custom-light: #87b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.216,
    "s": 31.356,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63656,
    "c": 0.07902,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519B8A

secondary

#B89099

accent

#6078C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519B8A

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

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