#51B59A#51B59A

#51B59A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.102 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B59A
RGB	rgb(81, 181, 154)
HSL	hsl(164, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -35.85, 4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 36.19, 172.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.1017 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.103 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7473, 37.1278, 36.3751)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B59A #B5516C

analogous

#51B568 #51B59A #519EB5

triadic

#51B59A #9A51B5 #B59A51

tetradic

#51B59A #6851B5 #B5516C #9EB551

square

#51B59A #6851B5 #B5516C #9EB551

split-complementary

#51B59A #B5519E #B56851

monochromatic

#2A6253 #3C8D77 #51B59A #7CC7B3 #A7DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#51B59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#51B59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B59A

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B59A	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 181, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.102 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbb7',
    500: '#51b59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b59a;
$custom-light: #8acbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70582,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B59A

secondary

#C79BA7

accent

#5878D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B59A

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

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