#51998D#51998D

#51998D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.075 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51998D
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(170, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -25.62, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 25.63, 181.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0751 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.075 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5903, 26.4533, 29.2678)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51998D #99515D

analogous

#519969 #51998D #518199

triadic

#51998D #8D5199 #998D51

tetradic

#51998D #695199 #99515D #819951

square

#51998D #695199 #99515D #819951

split-complementary

#51998D #995181 #996951

monochromatic

#274943 #3C7168 #51998D #73B5AA #9BCAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#51998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#51998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51998D

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51998D	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.075 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7ae',
    500: '#51998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51998d;
$custom-light: #87b7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63252,
    "c": 0.07512,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51998D

secondary

#B78F96

accent

#6172C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51998D

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

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