#519C8E#519C8E

#519C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.078 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519C8E
RGB	rgb(81, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(169, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -26.86, 0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 26.86, 179.72°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0783 -0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.078 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1623, 27.4776, 29.8272)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519C8E #9C515F

analogous

#519C69 #519C8E #51859C

triadic

#519C8E #8E519C #9C8E51

tetradic

#519C8E #69519C #9C515F #859C51

square

#519C8E #69519C #9C515F #859C51

split-complementary

#519C8E #9C5185 #9C6951

monochromatic

#274B45 #3C7469 #519C8E #74B7AA #9CCCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#519C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#519C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519C8E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519C8E	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.078 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9af',
    500: '#519c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519c8e;
$custom-light: #87b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.8,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64028,
    "c": 0.07826,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519C8E

secondary

#B89098

accent

#6073C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519C8E

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

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