#51998C#51998C

#51998C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.076 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51998C
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 140)
HSL	hsl(169, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 8.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -25.87, -0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 25.87, 180.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0756 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.076 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5163, 26.4237, 28.8777)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51998C #99515E

analogous

#519968 #51998C #518299

triadic

#51998C #8C5199 #998C51

tetradic

#51998C #685199 #99515E #829951

square

#51998C #685199 #99515E #829951

split-complementary

#51998C #995182 #996851

monochromatic

#274943 #3C7167 #51998C #73B5A9 #9BCAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#51998C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#51998C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51998C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51998C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51998C	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51998c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.076 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7ad',
    500: '#51998c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51998c;
$custom-light: #87b7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51998c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.167,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63221,
    "c": 0.07555,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51998C

secondary

#B78F96

accent

#6173C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51998C

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

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