#51998A#51998A

#51998A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.076 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51998A
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -26.37, 0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 26.39, 178.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0765 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.077 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3701, 26.3652, 28.1081)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51998A #995160

analogous

#519966 #51998A #518499

triadic

#51998A #8A5199 #998A51

tetradic

#51998A #665199 #995160 #849951

square

#51998A #665199 #995160 #849951

split-complementary

#51998A #995184 #996651

monochromatic

#274942 #3C7166 #51998A #73B5A7 #9BCAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#51998A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#51998A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51998A

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51998A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51998A	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51998a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.076 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7ac',
    500: '#51998a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51998a;
$custom-light: #87b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51998a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63158,
    "c": 0.0765,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51998A

secondary

#B78F97

accent

#6176C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51998A

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

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