#51978E#51978E

#51978E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.072 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51978E
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -24.35, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 24.45, 184.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0722 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.072 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3405, 25.8340, 29.5532)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51978E #97515A

analogous

#51976B #51978E #517D97

triadic

#51978E #8E5197 #978E51

tetradic

#51978E #6B5197 #97515A #7D9751

square

#51978E #6B5197 #97515A #7D9751

split-complementary

#51978E #97517D #976B51

monochromatic

#264743 #3C6F69 #51978E #72B3AB #9AC9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#51978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#51978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51978E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51978E	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.072 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87b6af',
    500: '#51978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51978e;
$custom-light: #87b6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.286,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62789,
    "c": 0.07245,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51978E

secondary

#B68E93

accent

#616EC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51978E

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

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