#518C8A#518C8A

#518C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.062 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#518C8A
RGB	rgb(81, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 27%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(178, 42%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -19.71, -4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 20.33, 194.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.0603 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.062 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3571, 22.3392, 27.4371)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#518C8A #8C5153

analogous

#518C6C #518C8A #51708C

triadic

#518C8A #8A518C #8C8A51

tetradic

#518C8A #6C518C #8C5153 #708C51

square

#518C8A #6C518C #8C5153 #708C51

split-complementary

#518C8A #8C5170 #8C6C51

monochromatic

#243E3E #3B6564 #518C8A #6FACA9 #95C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#518C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#518C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #518C8A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##518C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##518C8A	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#378F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #518c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.062 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adac',
    500: '#518c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #518c8a;
$custom-light: #86adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#518c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 26.697,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59939,
    "c": 0.06188,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#518C8A

secondary

#AF8A8B

accent

#6568C3

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#F0F4F4

border

#CBCECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #518C8A

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

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