#519C8F#519C8F

#519C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.078 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519C8F
RGB	rgb(81, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(170, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -26.61, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 26.61, 180.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0778 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.078 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2377, 27.5078, 30.2243)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519C8F #9C515E

analogous

#519C6A #519C8F #51849C

triadic

#519C8F #8F519C #9C8F51

tetradic

#519C8F #6A519C #9C515E #849C51

square

#519C8F #6A519C #9C515E #849C51

split-complementary

#519C8F #9C5184 #9C6A51

monochromatic

#274B45 #3C746A #519C8F #74B7AB #9CCCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#519C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#519C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519C8F

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519C8F	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)

#96948F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.078 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b9af',
    500: '#519c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519c8f;
$custom-light: #87b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.6,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64059,
    "c": 0.07781,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519C8F

secondary

#B89097

accent

#6072C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519C8F

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

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