#51AE8E#51AE8E

#51AE8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.102 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AE8E
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 18.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -35.47, 8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 36.38, 167.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% -0.0994 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.102 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4096, 33.9723, 30.9096)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AE8E #AE5171

analogous

#51AE5F #51AE8E #51A0AE

triadic

#51AE8E #8E51AE #AE8E51

tetradic

#51AE8E #5F51AE #AE5171 #A0AE51

square

#51AE8E #5F51AE #AE5171 #A0AE51

split-complementary

#51AE8E #AE51A0 #AE5F51

monochromatic

#2A5A4A #3E846C #51AE8E #7BC1A9 #A5D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#51AE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#51AE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AE8E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AE8E	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ae8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.102 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6af',
    500: '#51ae8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ae8e;
$custom-light: #89c6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ae8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.355,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68508,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AE8E

secondary

#C299A7

accent

#5B82CC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AE8E

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

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