#51938B#51938B

#51938B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.069 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51938B
RGB	rgb(81, 147, 139)
HSL	hsl(173, 29%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 45%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 0%, 5.4%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -23.09, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 23.21, 185.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% -0.0686 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.069 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4854, 24.4794, 28.1720)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51938B #935159

analogous

#51936A #51938B #517A93

triadic

#51938B #8B5193 #938B51

tetradic

#51938B #6A5193 #935159 #7A9351

square

#51938B #6A5193 #935159 #7A9351

split-complementary

#51938B #93517A #936A51

monochromatic

#264440 #3B6C66 #51938B #71B1A9 #98C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#51938B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#51938B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51938B

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51938B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51938B	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82848C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51938b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 147, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.069 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b3ac',
    500: '#51938b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51938b;
$custom-light: #86b3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51938b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61702,
    "c": 0.06897,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51938B

secondary

#B38D91

accent

#636FC5

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51938B

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

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