#51A486#51A486

#51A486 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.094 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A486
RGB	rgb(81, 164, 134)
HSL	hsl(158, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 51%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 0%, 18.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -32.66, 7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 33.60, 166.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0915 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.094 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9700, 30.0197, 27.2390)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A486 #A4516F

analogous

#51A45C #51A486 #5199A4

triadic

#51A486 #8651A4 #A48651

tetradic

#51A486 #5C51A4 #A4516F #99A451

square

#51A486 #5C51A4 #A4516F #99A451

split-complementary

#51A486 #A45199 #A45C51

monochromatic

#295243 #3D7B65 #51A486 #77BCA3 #A0D0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#51A486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#51A486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A486

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A486	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 164, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.094 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfa9',
    500: '#51a486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a486;
$custom-light: #88bfa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.313,
    "s": 33.878,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65788,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A486

secondary

#BD94A3

accent

#5E85CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A486

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

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