#51A89A#51A89A

#51A89A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.087 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A89A
RGB	rgb(81, 168, 154)
HSL	hsl(170, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 0%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -29.70, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 29.71, 181.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0869 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.087 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2262, 32.0856, 35.5347)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A89A #A8515F

analogous

#51A86F #51A89A #518BA8

triadic

#51A89A #9A51A8 #A89A51

tetradic

#51A89A #6F51A8 #A8515F #8BA851

square

#51A89A #6F51A8 #A8515F #8BA851

split-complementary

#51A89A #A8518B #A86F51

monochromatic

#29554E #3D7F74 #51A89A #78BEB3 #A1D2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#51A89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#51A89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A89A

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A89A	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93959B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 168, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.087 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2b7',
    500: '#51a89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a89a;
$custom-light: #89c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.345,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67371,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A89A

secondary

#BF969C

accent

#5D6FCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A89A

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

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