#51AE8A#51AE8A

#51AE8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.105 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AE8A
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 138)
HSL	hsl(157, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(157, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 20.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, -36.38, 10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 37.78, 164.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.1013 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.105 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1147, 33.8544, 29.3563)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AE8A #AE5175

analogous

#51AE5B #51AE8A #51A4AE

triadic

#51AE8A #8A51AE #AE8A51

tetradic

#51AE8A #5B51AE #AE5175 #A4AE51

square

#51AE8A #5B51AE #AE5175 #A4AE51

split-complementary

#51AE8A #AE51A4 #AE5B51

monochromatic

#2A5A48 #3E8469 #51AE8A #7BC1A6 #A5D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#51AE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#51AE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AE8A

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AE8A	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D998C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ae8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.105 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7ac',
    500: '#51ae8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ae8a;
$custom-light: #89c7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ae8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.774,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.684,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AE8A

secondary

#C299A9

accent

#5B87CC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AE8A

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

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