#51AA8A#51AA8A

#51AA8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.099 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AA8A
RGB	rgb(81, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -34.54, 8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 35.56, 166.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0966 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.099 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3534, 32.3318, 29.1025)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AA8A #AA5171

analogous

#51AA5E #51AA8A #519EAA

triadic

#51AA8A #8A51AA #AA8A51

tetradic

#51AA8A #5E51AA #AA5171 #9EAA51

square

#51AA8A #5E51AA #AA5171 #9EAA51

split-complementary

#51AA8A #AA519E #AA5E51

monochromatic

#2A5747 #3D8168 #51AA8A #79BFA6 #A2D3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#51AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#51AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AA8A

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AA8A	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99968C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.099 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4ac',
    500: '#51aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aa8a;
$custom-light: #88c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.427,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.674,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AA8A

secondary

#C097A6

accent

#5C84CB

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AA8A

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

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