#519B8F#519B8F

#519B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.077 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519B8F
RGB	rgb(81, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -26.11, -0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 26.12, 181.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0766 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.077 182)
XYZ	xyz(20.0706, 27.1735, 30.1686)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519B8F #9B515D

analogous

#519B6A #519B8F #51829B

triadic

#519B8F #8F519B #9B8F51

tetradic

#519B8F #6A519B #9B515D #829B51

square

#519B8F #6A519B #9B515D #829B51

split-complementary

#519B8F #9B5182 #9B6A51

monochromatic

#274B45 #3C736A #519B8F #73B6AB #9BCBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#519B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#519B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519B8F

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519B8F	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.077 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9af',
    500: '#519b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519b8f;
$custom-light: #87b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.27,
    "s": 31.356,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63812,
    "c": 0.07664,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.27175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519B8F

secondary

#B89096

accent

#6071C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519B8F

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

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