#51B49D#51B49D

#51B49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.099 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B49D
RGB	rgb(81, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -34.65, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 34.78, 175.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0992 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.099 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7977, 36.8237, 37.6399)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B49D #B45168

analogous

#51B46B #51B49D #5199B4

triadic

#51B49D #9D51B4 #B49D51

tetradic

#51B49D #6B51B4 #B45168 #99B451

square

#51B49D #6B51B4 #B45168 #99B451

split-complementary

#51B49D #B45199 #B46B51

monochromatic

#2A6154 #3C8C79 #51B49D #7CC6B5 #A7D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#51B49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#51B49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B49D

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B49D	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.099 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbb9',
    500: '#51b49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b49d;
$custom-light: #8acbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.061,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70421,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B49D

secondary

#C69BA5

accent

#5874D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B49D

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

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