#51999A#51999A

#51999A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.072 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51999A
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 154)
HSL	hsl(181, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(181, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -22.21, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 23.44, 198.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0693 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.072 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6150, 26.8632, 34.6643)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51999A #9A5251

analogous

#519A76 #51999A #51749A

triadic

#51999A #9A5199 #999A51

tetradic

#51999A #76519A #9A5251 #749A51

square

#51999A #76519A #9A5251 #749A51

split-complementary

#51999A #9A5174 #9A7651

monochromatic

#27494A #3C7172 #51999A #73B4B5 #9BCACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#51999A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#51999A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51999A

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51999A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51999A	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51999a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.072 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b7b7',
    500: '#51999a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51999a;
$custom-light: #87b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51999a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 31.064,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63688,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51999A

secondary

#B7908F

accent

#6261C7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #51999A

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

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