#51997F#51997F

#51997F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.083 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51997F
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(158, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(158, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -29.02, 6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 29.79, 166.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0816 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.083 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6137, 26.0626, 24.1243)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51997F #99516B

analogous

#51995B #51997F #518F99

triadic

#51997F #7F5199 #997F51

tetradic

#51997F #5B5199 #99516B #8F9951

square

#51997F #5B5199 #99516B #8F9951

split-complementary

#51997F #99518F #995B51

monochromatic

#27493D #3C715E #51997F #73B59D #9BCAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#51997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#51997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51997F

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#96907E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#399A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.083 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b7a4',
    500: '#51997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51997f;
$custom-light: #86b7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.333,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62833,
    "c": 0.08342,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51997F

secondary

#B78F9D

accent

#6186C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51997F

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

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