#519D8D#519D8D

#519D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.080 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519D8D
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(167, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(167, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -27.61, 1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 27.63, 177.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0799 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.08 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2560, 27.7847, 29.4897)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519D8D #9D5161

analogous

#519D67 #519D8D #51879D

triadic

#519D8D #8D519D #9D8D51

tetradic

#519D8D #67519D #9D5161 #879D51

square

#519D8D #67519D #9D5161 #879D51

split-complementary

#519D8D #9D5187 #9D6751

monochromatic

#274C44 #3C7569 #519D8D #74B7A9 #9CCCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#519D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#519D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519D8D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519D8D	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.080 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87baae',
    500: '#519d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519d8d;
$custom-light: #87baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.368,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64245,
    "c": 0.07996,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519D8D

secondary

#B99199

accent

#6076C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519D8D

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

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