#51A282#51A282

#51A282 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.094 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A282
RGB	rgb(81, 162, 130)
HSL	hsl(156, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 19.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -32.64, 9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 33.89, 164.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% -0.091 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.094 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3411, 29.2000, 25.6790)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A282 #A25171

analogous

#51A259 #51A282 #5199A2

triadic

#51A282 #8251A2 #A28251

tetradic

#51A282 #5951A2 #A25171 #99A251

square

#51A282 #5951A2 #A25171 #99A251

split-complementary

#51A282 #A25199 #A25951

monochromatic

#285041 #3D7961 #51A282 #76BA9F #9FCFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#51A282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#51A282 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51A282

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A282	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 162, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.094 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bea6',
    500: '#51a282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a282;
$custom-light: #87bea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.296,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65177,
    "c": 0.094,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A282

secondary

#BC93A3

accent

#5E89C9

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A282

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

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