#519D8A#519D8A

#519D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.082 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519D8A
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(165, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(165, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -28.35, 2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 28.48, 174.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0813 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.082 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0358, 27.6966, 28.3300)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519D8A #9D5164

analogous

#519D64 #519D8A #518A9D

triadic

#519D8A #8A519D #9D8A51

tetradic

#519D8A #64519D #9D5164 #8A9D51

square

#519D8A #64519D #9D5164 #8A9D51

split-complementary

#519D8A #9D518A #9D6451

monochromatic

#274C43 #3C7567 #519D8A #74B7A6 #9CCCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#519D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#519D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519D8A

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519D8A	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.082 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87baac',
    500: '#519d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519d8a;
$custom-light: #87baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64154,
    "c": 0.08158,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519D8A

secondary

#B9919B

accent

#607AC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519D8A

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

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