#51997C#51997C

#51997C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.086 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51997C
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(156, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -29.71, 8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 30.86, 164.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.083 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.086 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4211, 25.9856, 23.1099)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51997C #99516E

analogous

#519958 #51997C #519299

triadic

#51997C #7C5199 #997C51

tetradic

#51997C #585199 #99516E #929951

square

#51997C #585199 #99516E #929951

split-complementary

#51997C #995192 #995851

monochromatic

#27493B #3C715C #51997C #73B59A #9BCAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#51997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#51997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51997C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51997C	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.086 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7a2',
    500: '#51997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51997c;
$custom-light: #86b7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.833,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62749,
    "c": 0.08574,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51997C

secondary

#B78F9F

accent

#618AC7

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#F0F6F2

border

#CBD0CC

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #51997C

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

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