#519C8A#519C8A

#519C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.080 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519C8A
RGB	rgb(81, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(166, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(166, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -27.86, 2.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 27.95, 175.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0801 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.08 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8673, 27.3596, 28.2738)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519C8A #9C5163

analogous

#519C65 #519C8A #51899C

triadic

#519C8A #8A519C #9C8A51

tetradic

#519C8A #65519C #9C5163 #899C51

square

#519C8A #65519C #9C5163 #899C51

split-complementary

#519C8A #9C5189 #9C6551

monochromatic

#274B43 #3C7466 #519C8A #74B7A7 #9CCCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#519C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#519C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519C8A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519C8A	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.080 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9ac',
    500: '#519c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519c8a;
$custom-light: #87b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.6,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63905,
    "c": 0.0803,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519C8A

secondary

#B8909A

accent

#6079C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519C8A

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

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