#51A385#51A385

#51A385 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.093 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A385
RGB	rgb(81, 163, 133)
HSL	hsl(158, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 18.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -32.42, 7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 33.39, 166.17°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0908 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.093 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7223, 29.6354, 26.8140)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A385 #A3516F

analogous

#51A35C #51A385 #5198A3

triadic

#51A385 #8551A3 #A38551

tetradic

#51A385 #5C51A3 #A3516F #98A351

square

#51A385 #5C51A3 #A3516F #98A351

split-complementary

#51A385 #A35198 #A35C51

monochromatic

#285142 #3D7A64 #51A385 #76BBA2 #9FCFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#51A385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#51A385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51A385

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A385	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 163, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.093 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfa8',
    500: '#51a385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a385;
$custom-light: #87bfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.049,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6551,
    "c": 0.09309,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A385

secondary

#BC93A2

accent

#5E85CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A385

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

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