#51AC8A#51AC8A

#51AC8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.102 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AC8A
RGB	rgb(81, 172, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(158, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 19.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -35.47, 9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 36.67, 165.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.099 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.102 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7312, 33.0873, 29.2284)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AC8A #AC5173

analogous

#51AC5D #51AC8A #51A1AC

triadic

#51AC8A #8A51AC #AC8A51

tetradic

#51AC8A #5D51AC #AC5173 #A1AC51

square

#51AC8A #5D51AC #AC5173 #A1AC51

split-complementary

#51AC8A #AC51A1 #AC5D51

monochromatic

#2A5947 #3D8269 #51AC8A #7AC0A6 #A3D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#51AC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#51AC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AC8A

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AC8A	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B988C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ac8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 172, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.102 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5ac',
    500: '#51ac8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ac8a;
$custom-light: #89c5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ac8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.582,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.679,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AC8A

secondary

#C198A7

accent

#5C86CC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AC8A

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

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