#51AC8D#51AC8D

#51AC8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.100 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AC8D
RGB	rgb(81, 172, 141)
HSL	hsl(160, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(160, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 18%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -34.77, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 35.63, 167.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.0975 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.1 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9514, 33.1754, 30.3881)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AC8D #AC5170

analogous

#51AC5F #51AC8D #519EAC

triadic

#51AC8D #8D51AC #AC8D51

tetradic

#51AC8D #5F51AC #AC5170 #9EAC51

square

#51AC8D #5F51AC #AC5170 #9EAC51

split-complementary

#51AC8D #AC519E #AC5F51

monochromatic

#2A5949 #3D826B #51AC8D #7AC0A8 #A3D4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#51AC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#51AC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AC8D

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AC8D	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A988F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ac8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 172, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.100 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5ae',
    500: '#51ac8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ac8d;
$custom-light: #89c5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ac8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.56,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67981,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AC8D

secondary

#C198A6

accent

#5C82CC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AC8D

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

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