#519D9C#519D9C

#519D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.075 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519D9C
RGB	rgb(81, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 48%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -23.71, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 24.66, 195.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0732 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.075 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4486, 28.2617, 35.7708)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519D9C #9D5152

analogous

#519D76 #519D9C #51789D

triadic

#519D9C #9C519D #9D9C51

tetradic

#519D9C #76519D #9D5152 #789D51

square

#519D9C #76519D #9D5152 #789D51

split-complementary

#519D9C #9D5178 #9D7651

monochromatic

#274C4C #3C7574 #519D9C #74B7B6 #9CCCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#519D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#519D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519D9C

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519D9C	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.075 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bab9',
    500: '#519d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519d9c;
$custom-light: #88bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.211,
    "s": 31.933,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64735,
    "c": 0.07549,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519D9C

secondary

#B99191

accent

#6061C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #519D9C

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

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