#51999C#51999C

#51999C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.072 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51999C
RGB	rgb(81, 153, 156)
HSL	hsl(182, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(182, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 1.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -21.66, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 23.29, 201.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0684 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.072 199)
XYZ	xyz(20.7829, 26.9303, 35.5489)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51999C #9C5451

analogous

#519C7A #51999C #51749C

triadic

#51999C #9C5199 #999C51

tetradic

#51999C #7A519C #9C5451 #749C51

square

#51999C #7A519C #9C5451 #749C51

split-complementary

#51999C #9C5174 #9C7A51

monochromatic

#274A4B #3C7174 #51999C #74B4B7 #9CCACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#51999C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#51999C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51999C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51999C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51999C	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#269D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51999c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 153, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.072 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b7b9',
    500: '#51999c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51999c;
$custom-light: #88b7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51999c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63758,
    "c": 0.07235,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.26932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51999C

secondary

#B89290

accent

#6460C8

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1111

muted

#7D8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #51999C

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

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