#51A397#51A397

#51A397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.083 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A397
RGB	rgb(81, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(171, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -28.03, -1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 28.07, 182.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0825 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.083 183)
XYZ	xyz(22.0741, 30.1762, 33.9335)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A397 #A3515D

analogous

#51A36E #51A397 #5186A3

triadic

#51A397 #9751A3 #A39751

tetradic

#51A397 #6E51A3 #A3515D #86A351

square

#51A397 #6E51A3 #A3515D #86A351

split-complementary

#51A397 #A35186 #A36E51

monochromatic

#28514B #3D7A71 #51A397 #76BBB1 #9FCFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#51A397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#51A397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A397

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A397	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.083 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88beb5',
    500: '#51a397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a397;
$custom-light: #88beb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.22,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66044,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.30178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A397

secondary

#BC9399

accent

#5E6ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A397

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

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