#51AF8A#51AF8A

#51AF8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.106 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AF8A
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 138)
HSL	hsl(156, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(156, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 21.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -36.84, 10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 38.34, 163.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.1024 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.106 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3086, 34.2422, 29.4209)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AF8A #AF5176

analogous

#51AF5B #51AF8A #51A5AF

triadic

#51AF8A #8A51AF #AF8A51

tetradic

#51AF8A #5B51AF #AF5176 #A5AF51

square

#51AF8A #5B51AF #AF5176 #A5AF51

split-complementary

#51AF8A #AF51A5 #AF5B51

monochromatic

#2A5C48 #3D8569 #51AF8A #7BC2A6 #A5D6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#51AF8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#51AF8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AF8A

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AF8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AF8A	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	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)

#ACA488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51af8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.106 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7ac',
    500: '#51af8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51af8a;
$custom-light: #89c7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51af8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.383,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68651,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AF8A

secondary

#C399A9

accent

#5B88CD

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AF8A

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

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