#51A08D#51A08D

#51A08D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.084 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A08D
RGB	rgb(81, 160, 141)
HSL	hsl(166, 33%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 49%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 0%, 11.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -29.08, 2.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 29.18, 175.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0835 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.084 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7698, 28.8123, 29.6610)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A08D #A05164

analogous

#51A066 #51A08D #518BA0

triadic

#51A08D #8D51A0 #A08D51

tetradic

#51A08D #6651A0 #A05164 #8BA051

square

#51A08D #6651A0 #A05164 #8BA051

split-complementary

#51A08D #A0518B #A06651

monochromatic

#284F45 #3C7769 #51A08D #75B9A9 #9ECEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#51A08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#51A08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51A08D

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A08D	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B988C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2FA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 160, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.084 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcae',
    500: '#51a08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a08d;
$custom-light: #87bcae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.57,
    "s": 32.78,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64991,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A08D

secondary

#BB929C

accent

#5F78C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A08D

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

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