#51A080#51A080

#51A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.093 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A080
RGB	rgb(81, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(156, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(156, 49%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -32.15, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 33.46, 163.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0896 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.093 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8587, 28.4478, 24.8624)
Luminance	0.2845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A080 #A05171

analogous

#51A058 #51A080 #5199A0

triadic

#51A080 #8051A0 #A08051

tetradic

#51A080 #5851A0 #A05171 #99A051

square

#51A080 #5851A0 #A05171 #99A051

split-complementary

#51A080 #A05199 #A05851

monochromatic

#284F3F #3C775F #51A080 #75B99E #9ECEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#51A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#51A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51A080

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A080	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D977E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918E82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.093 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bca4',
    500: '#51a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a080;
$custom-light: #87bca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.696,
    "s": 32.78,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64621,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A080

secondary

#BB92A3

accent

#5F8AC9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A080

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

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