#51A38D#51A38D

#51A38D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.088 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A38D
RGB	rgb(81, 163, 141)
HSL	hsl(164, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 13.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -30.53, 3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 30.76, 172.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0871 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.088 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2962, 29.8650, 29.8364)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A38D #A35167

analogous

#51A364 #51A38D #5190A3

triadic

#51A38D #8D51A3 #A38D51

tetradic

#51A38D #6451A3 #A35167 #90A351

square

#51A38D #6451A3 #A35167 #90A351

split-complementary

#51A38D #A35190 #A36451

monochromatic

#285146 #3D7A6A #51A38D #76BBA9 #9FCFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#51A38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#51A38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51A38D

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A38D	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91918F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 163, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.088 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88beae',
    500: '#51a38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a38d;
$custom-light: #88beae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.902,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65737,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A38D

secondary

#BC939E

accent

#5E7BCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A38D

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

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