#519980#519980

#519980 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.083 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519980
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 128)
HSL	hsl(159, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 16.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -28.79, 6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 29.45, 167.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0811 0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.083 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6792, 26.0888, 24.4692)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519980 #99516A

analogous

#51995C #519980 #518E99

triadic

#519980 #805199 #998051

tetradic

#519980 #5C5199 #99516A #8E9951

square

#519980 #5C5199 #99516A #8E9951

split-complementary

#519980 #99518E #995C51

monochromatic

#27493D #3C715F #519980 #73B59E #9BCAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#519980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#519980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519980

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519980	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96917F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.083 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7a4',
    500: '#519980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519980;
$custom-light: #86b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.167,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62861,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519980

secondary

#B78F9D

accent

#6184C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519980

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

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