#51978F#51978F

#51978F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.072 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51978F
RGB	rgb(81, 151, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 30%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 46%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 0%, 5.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -24.10, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 24.24, 186.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0717 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.072 186)
XYZ	xyz(19.4159, 25.8642, 29.9504)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51978F #975159

analogous

#51976C #51978F #517C97

triadic

#51978F #8F5197 #978F51

tetradic

#51978F #6C5197 #975159 #7C9751

square

#51978F #6C5197 #975159 #7C9751

split-complementary

#51978F #97517C #976C51

monochromatic

#264744 #3C6F69 #51978F #72B3AC #9AC9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#51978F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#51978F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51978F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51978F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51978F	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#91908F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51978f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 151, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.072 186.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51978f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 30.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62822,
    "c": 0.07213,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.25866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51978F

secondary

#B68E93

accent

#616DC6

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1110

muted

#7D807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51978F

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

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