#51997D#51997D

#51997D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.085 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51997D
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(157, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(157, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -29.48, 7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 30.50, 165.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0826 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.085 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4847, 26.0110, 23.4446)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51997D #99516D

analogous

#519959 #51997D #519199

triadic

#51997D #7D5199 #997D51

tetradic

#51997D #595199 #99516D #919951

square

#51997D #595199 #99516D #919951

split-complementary

#51997D #995191 #995951

monochromatic

#27493C #3C715C #51997D #73B59B #9BCAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#51997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#51997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51997D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51997D	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)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.085 166.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.667,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62777,
    "c": 0.08495,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51997D

secondary

#B78F9E

accent

#6189C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51997D

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

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