#51979A#51979A

#51979A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.071 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51979A
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -21.17, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 22.78, 201.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0669 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.071 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2904, 26.2140, 34.5561)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51979A #9A5451

analogous

#519A78 #51979A #51729A

triadic

#51979A #9A5197 #979A51

tetradic

#51979A #78519A #9A5451 #729A51

square

#51979A #78519A #9A5451 #729A51

split-complementary

#51979A #9A5172 #9A7851

monochromatic

#27484A #3C7072 #51979A #73B3B5 #9BC8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#51979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#51979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51979A

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51979A	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#299B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.071 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5b7',
    500: '#51979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51979a;
$custom-light: #87b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.466,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63199,
    "c": 0.07078,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51979A

secondary

#B7918F

accent

#6561C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #51979A

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

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