#51939B#51939B

#51939B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.068 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51939B
RGB	rgb(81, 147, 155)
HSL	hsl(186, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(186, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -18.80, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 21.66, 209.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0616 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.068 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7412, 24.9817, 34.7856)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51939B #9B5951

analogous

#519B7E #51939B #516E9B

triadic

#51939B #9B5193 #939B51

tetradic

#51939B #7E519B #9B5951 #6E9B51

square

#51939B #7E519B #9B5951 #6E9B51

split-complementary

#51939B #9B516E #9B7E51

monochromatic

#27474B #3C6D73 #51939B #73AFB6 #9BC6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#51939B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#51939B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51939B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51939B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51939B	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51939b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 147, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.068 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b3b8',
    500: '#51939b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51939b;
$custom-light: #87b3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51939b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 31.356,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62261,
    "c": 0.06836,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51939B

secondary

#B89490

accent

#6B60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #51939B

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

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