#51978C#51978C

#51978C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.073 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51978C
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 7.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -24.87, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 24.89, 182.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0731 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.073 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1917, 25.7745, 28.7695)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51978C #97515C

analogous

#519769 #51978C #517F97

triadic

#51978C #8C5197 #978C51

tetradic

#51978C #695197 #97515C #7F9751

square

#51978C #695197 #97515C #7F9751

split-complementary

#51978C #97517F #976951

monochromatic

#264742 #3C6F67 #51978C #72B3A9 #9AC9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#51978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#51978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51978C

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51978C	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#339994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.073 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6ad',
    500: '#51978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51978c;
$custom-light: #87b6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.571,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62725,
    "c": 0.07318,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51978C

secondary

#B68E94

accent

#6171C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51978C

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

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