#51A586#51A586

#51A586 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.095 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A586
RGB	rgb(81, 165, 134)
HSL	hsl(158, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 18.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -33.13, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 34.17, 165.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0927 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.095 167)
XYZ	xyz(21.1496, 30.3790, 27.2988)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A586 #A55170

analogous

#51A55C #51A586 #519AA5

triadic

#51A586 #8651A5 #A58651

tetradic

#51A586 #5C51A5 #A55170 #9AA551

square

#51A586 #5C51A5 #A55170 #9AA551

split-complementary

#51A586 #A5519A #A55C51

monochromatic

#295343 #3D7C65 #51A586 #77BCA3 #A0D0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#51A586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#51A586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A586

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A586	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 165, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.095 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0a9',
    500: '#51a586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a586;
$custom-light: #88c0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.857,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66039,
    "c": 0.09514,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.30381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A586

secondary

#BD94A4

accent

#5E86CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C120F

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A586

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

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