#51978D#51978D

#51978D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.073 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51978D
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -24.61, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 24.66, 183.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0727 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.073 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2657, 25.8041, 29.1596)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51978D #97515B

analogous

#51976A #51978D #517E97

triadic

#51978D #8D5197 #978D51

tetradic

#51978D #6A5197 #97515B #7E9751

square

#51978D #6A5197 #97515B #7E9751

split-complementary

#51978D #97517E #976A51

monochromatic

#264743 #3C6F68 #51978D #72B3AA #9AC9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#51978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#51978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51978D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51978D	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)

#91908D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.073 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6ae',
    500: '#51978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51978d;
$custom-light: #87b6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62757,
    "c": 0.0728,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51978D

secondary

#B68E94

accent

#6170C6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51978D

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

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