#51997A#51997A

#51997A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.087 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51997A
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(154, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(154, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -30.16, 9.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 31.59, 162.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.084 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.087 164)
XYZ	xyz(18.2959, 25.9355, 22.4505)
Luminance	0.2594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51997A #995170

analogous

#519956 #51997A #519499

triadic

#51997A #7A5199 #997A51

tetradic

#51997A #565199 #995170 #949951

square

#51997A #565199 #995170 #949951

split-complementary

#51997A #995194 #995651

monochromatic

#27493A #3C715A #51997A #73B598 #9BCAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#51997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#51997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51997A

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51997A	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.087 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7a0',
    500: '#51997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51997a;
$custom-light: #86b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.167,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62695,
    "c": 0.08737,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.25937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51997A

secondary

#B78FA0

accent

#618DC7

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51997A

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

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