#51B486#51B486

#51B486 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.116 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B486
RGB	rgb(81, 180, 134)
HSL	hsl(152, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(152, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 25.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -39.96, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 42.63, 159.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.1099 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.116 161)
XYZ	xyz(24.0156, 36.1109, 28.2542)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B486 #B4517F

analogous

#51B454 #51B486 #51B0B4

triadic

#51B486 #8651B4 #B48651

tetradic

#51B486 #5451B4 #B4517F #B0B451

square

#51B486 #5451B4 #B4517F #B0B451

split-complementary

#51B486 #B451B0 #B45451

monochromatic

#2A6147 #3C8C67 #51B486 #7CC6A4 #A7D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#51B486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#51B486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B486

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B486	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 180, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.116 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acba9',
    500: '#51b486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b486;
$custom-light: #8acba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.121,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69803,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.36113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B486

secondary

#C69BAF

accent

#5890D0

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B486

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

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