#51B294#51B294

#51B294 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.103 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B294
RGB	rgb(81, 178, 148)
HSL	hsl(161, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 16.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -35.90, 6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 36.53, 169.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.1011 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.103 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6566, 35.7260, 33.6077)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B294 #B2516F

analogous

#51B263 #51B294 #519FB2

triadic

#51B294 #9451B2 #B29451

tetradic

#51B294 #6351B2 #B2516F #9FB251

square

#51B294 #6351B2 #B2516F #9FB251

split-complementary

#51B294 #B2519F #B26351

monochromatic

#2A5F4E #3D8971 #51B294 #7BC5AE #A6D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#51B294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#51B294 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B294

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B294	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 178, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.103 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9b3',
    500: '#51b294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b294;
$custom-light: #8ac9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.443,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69669,
    "c": 0.10259,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B294

secondary

#C59AA7

accent

#597ECF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B294

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

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