#51979E#51979E

#51979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.071 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51979E
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 32%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 49%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -20.07, -10.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 22.65, 207.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0651 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.071 204)
XYZ	xyz(20.6291, 26.3494, 36.3400)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51979E #9E5851

analogous

#519E7F #51979E #51709E

triadic

#51979E #9E5197 #979E51

tetradic

#51979E #7F519E #9E5851 #709E51

square

#51979E #7F519E #9E5851 #709E51

split-complementary

#51979E #9E5170 #9E7F51

monochromatic

#284A4D #3C7076 #51979E #74B2B8 #9DC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#51979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#51979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51979E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51979E	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#259C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.071 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b5ba',
    500: '#51979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51979e;
$custom-light: #88b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 32.218,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63344,
    "c": 0.07128,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.26351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51979E

secondary

#BA9591

accent

#695FC8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #51979E

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

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