#519B8E#519B8E

#519B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.077 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519B8E
RGB	rgb(81, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(169, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -26.36, -0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 26.37, 180.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.077 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.077 181)
XYZ	xyz(19.9952, 27.1434, 29.7715)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519B8E #9B515E

analogous

#519B69 #519B8E #51839B

triadic

#519B8E #8E519B #9B8E51

tetradic

#519B8E #69519B #9B515E #839B51

square

#519B8E #69519B #9B515E #839B51

split-complementary

#519B8E #9B5183 #9B6951

monochromatic

#274B44 #3C7369 #519B8E #73B6AA #9BCBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#519B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#519B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519B8E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519B8E	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.077 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9af',
    500: '#519b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519b8e;
$custom-light: #87b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.459,
    "s": 31.356,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6378,
    "c": 0.07706,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.27145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519B8E

secondary

#B89097

accent

#6072C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519B8E

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

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