#519D8F#519D8F

#519D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.079 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519D8F
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(169, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, -27.11, 0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 27.11, 179.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.079 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.079 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4062, 27.8447, 30.2805)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519D8F #9D515F

analogous

#519D69 #519D8F #51859D

triadic

#519D8F #8F519D #9D8F51

tetradic

#519D8F #69519D #9D515F #859D51

square

#519D8F #69519D #9D515F #859D51

split-complementary

#519D8F #9D5185 #9D6951

monochromatic

#274C45 #3C756A #519D8F #74B7AB #9CCCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#519D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#519D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519D8F

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519D8F	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F9F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.079 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87baaf',
    500: '#519d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519d8f;
$custom-light: #87baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.947,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64307,
    "c": 0.079,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519D8F

secondary

#B99198

accent

#6073C8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519D8F

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

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