#51B397#51B397

#51B397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.102 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B397
RGB	rgb(81, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -35.65, 5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 36.09, 171.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.1009 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.102 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0968, 36.2216, 34.9410)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B397 #B3516D

analogous

#51B366 #51B397 #519EB3

triadic

#51B397 #9751B3 #B39751

tetradic

#51B397 #6651B3 #B3516D #9EB351

square

#51B397 #6651B3 #B3516D #9EB351

split-complementary

#51B397 #B3519E #B36651

monochromatic

#2A6050 #3C8A74 #51B397 #7CC6B0 #A6D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#51B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#51B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B397

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B397	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.102 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acab5',
    500: '#51b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b397;
$custom-light: #8acab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70001,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B397

secondary

#C69AA7

accent

#597BCF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B397

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

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