#51A587#51A587

#51A587 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.094 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A587
RGB	rgb(81, 165, 135)
HSL	hsl(159, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 18.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -32.90, 7.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 33.82, 166.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0922 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.094 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2197, 30.4071, 27.6679)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A587 #A5516F

analogous

#51A55D #51A587 #5199A5

triadic

#51A587 #8751A5 #A58751

tetradic

#51A587 #5D51A5 #A5516F #99A551

square

#51A587 #5D51A5 #A5516F #99A551

split-complementary

#51A587 #A55199 #A55D51

monochromatic

#295344 #3D7C65 #51A587 #77BCA3 #A0D0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#51A587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#51A587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A587

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A587	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)

#A29B85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 165, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.094 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0aa',
    500: '#51a587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a587;
$custom-light: #88c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66066,
    "c": 0.09438,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A587

secondary

#BD94A3

accent

#5E84CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A587

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

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