#519981#519981

#519981 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.082 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#519981
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 129)
HSL	hsl(160, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(160, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 15.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -28.55, 5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 29.11, 168.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0807 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.082 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7454, 26.1153, 24.8176)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#519981 #995169

analogous

#51995D #519981 #518D99

triadic

#519981 #815199 #998151

tetradic

#519981 #5D5199 #995169 #8D9951

square

#519981 #5D5199 #995169 #8D9951

split-complementary

#519981 #99518D #995D51

monochromatic

#27493E #3C715F #519981 #73B59F #9BCABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#519981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#519981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #519981

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##519981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##519981	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#969180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #519981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.082 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7a5',
    500: '#519981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #519981;
$custom-light: #86b7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#519981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6289,
    "c": 0.08197,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#519981

secondary

#B78F9C

accent

#6183C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #519981

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

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