#51A58D#51A58D

#51A58D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.090 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A58D
RGB	rgb(81, 165, 141)
HSL	hsl(163, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 14.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -31.49, 4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 31.83, 171.57°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0894 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.09 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6541, 30.5808, 29.9557)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A58D #A55169

analogous

#51A563 #51A58D #5193A5

triadic

#51A58D #8D51A5 #A58D51

tetradic

#51A58D #6351A5 #A55169 #93A551

square

#51A58D #6351A5 #A55169 #93A551

split-complementary

#51A58D #A55193 #A56351

monochromatic

#295347 #3D7C6A #51A58D #77BCA8 #A0D0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#51A58D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#51A58D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A58D

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A58D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A58D	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93928F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a58d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 165, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.090 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0ae',
    500: '#51a58d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a58d;
$custom-light: #88c0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a58d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66236,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A58D

secondary

#BD94A0

accent

#5E7DCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A58D

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

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