#51A583#51A583

#51A583 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.097 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A583
RGB	rgb(81, 165, 131)
HSL	hsl(156, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 20.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -33.82, 9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 35.24, 163.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0941 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.097 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9434, 30.2965, 26.2125)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A583 #A55173

analogous

#51A559 #51A583 #519DA5

triadic

#51A583 #8351A5 #A58351

tetradic

#51A583 #5951A5 #A55173 #9DA551

square

#51A583 #5951A5 #A55173 #9DA551

split-complementary

#51A583 #A5519D #A55951

monochromatic

#295342 #3D7C62 #51A583 #77BCA0 #A0D0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#51A583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#51A583 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A583

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A583	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)

#A29B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 165, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.097 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0a7',
    500: '#51a583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a583;
$custom-light: #88c0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.714,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65958,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A583

secondary

#BD94A5

accent

#5E8ACA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A583

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

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