#51978B#51978B

#51978B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.074 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51978B
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -25.12, -0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 25.13, 181.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0736 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.074 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1183, 25.7451, 28.3829)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51978B #97515D

analogous

#519768 #51978B #518097

triadic

#51978B #8B5197 #978B51

tetradic

#51978B #685197 #97515D #809751

square

#51978B #685197 #97515D #809751

split-complementary

#51978B #975180 #976851

monochromatic

#264742 #3C6F66 #51978B #72B3A8 #9AC9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#51978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#51978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51978B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51978B	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92908B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.074 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b6ac',
    500: '#51978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51978b;
$custom-light: #86b6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.714,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62693,
    "c": 0.07359,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51978B

secondary

#B68E95

accent

#6173C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51978B

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

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