#51A39B#51A39B

#51A39B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.081 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A39B
RGB	rgb(81, 163, 155)
HSL	hsl(174, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(174, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 4.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -26.99, -3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 27.22, 187.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0807 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.081 187)
XYZ	xyz(22.4045, 30.3083, 35.6734)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A39B #A35159

analogous

#51A372 #51A39B #5182A3

triadic

#51A39B #9B51A3 #A39B51

tetradic

#51A39B #7251A3 #A35159 #82A351

square

#51A39B #7251A3 #A35159 #82A351

split-complementary

#51A39B #A35182 #A37251

monochromatic

#28514D #3D7A74 #51A39B #76BBB4 #9FCFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#51A39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#51A39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A39B

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A39B	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E919C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 163, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.081 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88beb8',
    500: '#51a39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a39b;
$custom-light: #88beb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.146,
    "s": 33.607,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66173,
    "c": 0.08127,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.3031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A39B

secondary

#BC9397

accent

#5E69CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A39B

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

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