#519D8E#519D8E

#519D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.079 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519D8E
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(168, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -27.36, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 27.36, 178.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0795 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.079 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3308, 27.8146, 29.8833)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519D8E #9D5160

analogous

#519D68 #519D8E #51869D

triadic

#519D8E #8E519D #9D8E51

tetradic

#519D8E #68519D #9D5160 #869D51

square

#519D8E #68519D #9D5160 #869D51

split-complementary

#519D8E #9D5186 #9D6851

monochromatic

#274C45 #3C7569 #519D8E #74B7AA #9CCCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#519D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#519D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519D8E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519D8E	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)

#98958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.079 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87baaf',
    500: '#519d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519d8e;
$custom-light: #87baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.158,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64276,
    "c": 0.07947,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519D8E

secondary

#B99199

accent

#6074C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519D8E

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

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