#51AF97#51AF97

#51AF97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AF97
RGB	rgb(81, 175, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 0%, 13.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, -33.79, 3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 34.01, 173.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0963 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.097 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3067, 34.6414, 34.6777)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AF97 #AF5169

analogous

#51AF68 #51AF97 #5198AF

triadic

#51AF97 #9751AF #AF9751

tetradic

#51AF97 #6851AF #AF5169 #98AF51

square

#51AF97 #6851AF #AF5169 #98AF51

split-complementary

#51AF97 #AF5198 #AF6851

monochromatic

#2A5C4F #3D8573 #51AF97 #7BC2B0 #A5D6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#51AF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#51AF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AF97

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AF97	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51af97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 175, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7b5',
    500: '#51af97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51af97;
$custom-light: #89c7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51af97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.681,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6901,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AF97

secondary

#C399A4

accent

#5B78CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AF97

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

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