#519E8A#519E8A

#519E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.083 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519E8A
RGB	rgb(81, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(164, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -28.84, 3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 29.01, 173.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0825 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.083 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2057, 28.0364, 28.3866)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519E8A #9E5165

analogous

#519E64 #519E8A #518C9E

triadic

#519E8A #8A519E #9E8A51

tetradic

#519E8A #64519E #9E5165 #8C9E51

square

#519E8A #64519E #9E5165 #8C9E51

split-complementary

#519E8A #9E518C #9E6451

monochromatic

#284D43 #3C7667 #519E8A #74B8A6 #9DCDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#519E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#519E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519E8A

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519E8A	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.083 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bbac',
    500: '#519e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519e8a;
$custom-light: #87bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.416,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64403,
    "c": 0.08288,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519E8A

secondary

#BA919C

accent

#5F7BC8

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519E8A

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

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