#51997E#51997E

#51997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.084 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51997E
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(158, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -29.25, 7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 30.14, 166.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0821 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.084 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5489, 26.0367, 23.7828)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51997E #99516C

analogous

#51995A #51997E #519099

triadic

#51997E #7E5199 #997E51

tetradic

#51997E #5A5199 #99516C #909951

square

#51997E #5A5199 #99516C #909951

split-complementary

#51997E #995190 #995A51

monochromatic

#27493C #3C715D #51997E #73B59C #9BCAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#51997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#51997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51997E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51997E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.084 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7a3',
    500: '#51997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51997e;
$custom-light: #86b7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62805,
    "c": 0.08418,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51997E

secondary

#B78F9E

accent

#6187C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51997E

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

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