#51B08E#51B08E

#51B08E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.104 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B08E
RGB	rgb(81, 176, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(159, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 0%, 19.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -36.38, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 37.47, 166.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.1017 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.104 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7989, 34.7508, 31.0394)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B08E #B05173

analogous

#51B05E #51B08E #51A2B0

triadic

#51B08E #8E51B0 #B08E51

tetradic

#51B08E #5E51B0 #B05173 #A2B051

square

#51B08E #5E51B0 #B05173 #A2B051

split-complementary

#51B08E #B051A2 #B05E51

monochromatic

#2A5D4A #3D876C #51B08E #7BC3A9 #A5D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#51B08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#51B08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B08E

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B08E	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 176, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.104 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c8af',
    500: '#51b08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b08e;
$custom-light: #89c8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.526,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69007,
    "c": 0.10424,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B08E

secondary

#C499A8

accent

#5A84CE

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B08E

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

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