#51A588#51A588

#51A588 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.094 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A588
RGB	rgb(81, 165, 136)
HSL	hsl(159, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(159, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 17.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -32.67, 7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 33.47, 167.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.09% -0.0918 0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(66.09% 0.094 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2904, 30.4354, 28.0404)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A588 #A5516E

analogous

#51A55E #51A588 #5198A5

triadic

#51A588 #8851A5 #A58851

tetradic

#51A588 #5E51A5 #A5516E #98A551

square

#51A588 #5E51A5 #A5516E #98A551

split-complementary

#51A588 #A55198 #A55E51

monochromatic

#295344 #3D7C66 #51A588 #77BCA4 #A0D0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#51A588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#51A588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A588

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A588	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94928A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 165, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.094 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0aa',
    500: '#51a588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a588;
$custom-light: #88c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.286,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66094,
    "c": 0.09364,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A588

secondary

#BD94A3

accent

#5E83CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A588

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

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