#51AE97#51AE97

#51AE97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.096 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AE97
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 13.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -33.32, 3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 33.50, 174.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0952 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.096 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1128, 34.2536, 34.6131)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AE97 #AE5168

analogous

#51AE68 #51AE97 #5197AE

triadic

#51AE97 #9751AE #AE9751

tetradic

#51AE97 #6851AE #AE5168 #97AE51

square

#51AE97 #6851AE #AE5168 #97AE51

split-complementary

#51AE97 #AE5197 #AE6851

monochromatic

#2A5A4F #3E8473 #51AE97 #7BC1B0 #A5D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#51AE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#51AE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AE97

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AE97	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ae97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.096 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6b5',
    500: '#51ae97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ae97;
$custom-light: #89c6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ae97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.161,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68762,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AE97

secondary

#C299A3

accent

#5B77CC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AE97

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

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