#51979C#51979C

#51979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.071 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51979C
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(184, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(184, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -20.62, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 22.69, 204.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.066 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.071 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4583, 26.2811, 35.4407)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51979C #9C5651

analogous

#519C7C #51979C #51729C

triadic

#51979C #9C5197 #979C51

tetradic

#51979C #7C519C #9C5651 #729C51

square

#51979C #7C519C #9C5651 #729C51

split-complementary

#51979C #9C5172 #9C7C51

monochromatic

#27494B #3C7074 #51979C #74B2B7 #9CC8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#51979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#51979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51979C

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51979C	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.071 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b5b9',
    500: '#51979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51979c;
$custom-light: #87b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63271,
    "c": 0.07096,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51979C

secondary

#B89390

accent

#6760C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #51979C

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

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