#51979B#51979B

#51979B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.071 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51979B
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -20.90, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 22.73, 203.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0664 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.071 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3740, 26.2474, 34.9966)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51979B #9B5551

analogous

#519B7A #51979B #51729B

triadic

#51979B #9B5197 #979B51

tetradic

#51979B #7A519B #9B5551 #729B51

square

#51979B #7A519B #9B5551 #729B51

split-complementary

#51979B #9B5172 #9B7A51

monochromatic

#27494B #3C7073 #51979B #73B2B6 #9BC8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#51979B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#51979B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51979B

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51979B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51979B	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51979b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.071 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5b8',
    500: '#51979b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51979b;
$custom-light: #87b5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51979b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 31.356,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63235,
    "c": 0.07085,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51979B

secondary

#B89290

accent

#6660C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #51979B

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

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