#519C8D#519C8D

#519C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.079 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519C8D
RGB	rgb(81, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -27.11, 0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 27.12, 178.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0787 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.079 179)
XYZ	xyz(20.0875, 27.4477, 29.4335)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519C8D #9C5160

analogous

#519C68 #519C8D #51869C

triadic

#519C8D #8D519C #9C8D51

tetradic

#519C8D #68519C #9C5160 #869C51

square

#519C8D #68519C #9C5160 #869C51

split-complementary

#519C8D #9C5186 #9C6851

monochromatic

#274B44 #3C7469 #519C8D #74B7A9 #9CCCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#519C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#519C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519C8D

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519C8D	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.079 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9ae',
    500: '#519c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519c8d;
$custom-light: #87b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63997,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.27449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519C8D

secondary

#B89098

accent

#6075C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519C8D

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

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