#51939C#51939C

#51939C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.069 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51939C
RGB	rgb(81, 147, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(187, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -18.52, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 21.68, 211.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0612 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.069 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8255, 25.0154, 35.2298)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51939C #9C5A51

analogous

#519C80 #51939C #516E9C

triadic

#51939C #9C5193 #939C51

tetradic

#51939C #80519C #9C5A51 #6E9C51

square

#51939C #80519C #9C5A51 #6E9C51

split-complementary

#51939C #9C516E #9C8051

monochromatic

#27474B #3C6D74 #51939C #74AFB7 #9CC6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#51939C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#51939C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51939C

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51939C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51939C	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)

#898E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51939c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 147, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.069 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b3b9',
    500: '#51939c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51939c;
$custom-light: #87b3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51939c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62298,
    "c": 0.06861,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51939C

secondary

#B89590

accent

#6C60C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #51939C

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

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