#51B893#51B893

#51B893 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B893
RGB	rgb(81, 184, 147)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 20.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -38.85, 9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 40.09, 165.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.1083 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.111 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7978, 38.1345, 33.5993)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B893 #B85176

analogous

#51B860 #51B893 #51A9B8

triadic

#51B893 #9351B8 #B89351

tetradic

#51B893 #6051B8 #B85176 #A9B851

square

#51B893 #6051B8 #B85176 #A9B851

split-complementary

#51B893 #B851A9 #B86051

monochromatic

#296550 #3B9172 #51B893 #7CCAAE #A8DBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#51B893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#51B893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B893

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B893	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 184, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aceb2',
    500: '#51b893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b893;
$custom-light: #8aceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.447,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71134,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B893

secondary

#C99CAC

accent

#5682D2

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B893

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

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