#51998E#51998E

#51998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.075 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51998E
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -25.36, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 25.39, 182.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0746 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.075 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6651, 26.4832, 29.6614)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51998E #99515C

analogous

#51996A #51998E #518099

triadic

#51998E #8E5199 #998E51

tetradic

#51998E #6A5199 #99515C #809951

square

#51998E #6A5199 #99515C #809951

split-complementary

#51998E #995180 #996A51

monochromatic

#274944 #3C7169 #51998E #73B5AB #9BCAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#51998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#51998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51998E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51998E	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.075 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7af',
    500: '#51998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51998e;
$custom-light: #87b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.833,
    "s": 30.769,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63284,
    "c": 0.07472,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51998E

secondary

#B78F95

accent

#6170C7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51998E

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

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