#51977E#51977E

#51977E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.081 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51977E
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 126)
HSL	hsl(159, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 16.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -28.28, 6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 28.99, 167.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0796 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.081 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2243, 25.3875, 23.6746)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51977E #97516A

analogous

#51975B #51977E #518D97

triadic

#51977E #7E5197 #977E51

tetradic

#51977E #5B5197 #97516A #8D9751

square

#51977E #5B5197 #97516A #8D9751

split-complementary

#51977E #97518D #975B51

monochromatic

#26473C #3C6F5D #51977E #72B39C #9AC9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#51977E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#51977E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51977E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51977E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51977E	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51977e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.081 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6a3',
    500: '#51977e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51977e;
$custom-light: #86b6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51977e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62302,
    "c": 0.08129,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51977E

secondary

#B68E9C

accent

#6185C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F3

border

#CBD0CD

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51977E

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

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