#51B896#51B896

#51B896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B896
RGB	rgb(81, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, -38.16, 8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 39.06, 167.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1069 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.109 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0363, 38.2299, 34.8553)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B896 #B85173

analogous

#51B863 #51B896 #51A7B8

triadic

#51B896 #9651B8 #B89651

tetradic

#51B896 #6351B8 #B85173 #A7B851

square

#51B896 #6351B8 #B85173 #A7B851

split-complementary

#51B896 #B851A7 #B86351

monochromatic

#296551 #3B9174 #51B896 #7CCAB0 #A8DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#51B896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#51B896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B896

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B896	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aceb4',
    500: '#51b896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b896;
$custom-light: #8aceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.194,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71214,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B896

secondary

#C99CAB

accent

#567FD2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B896

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

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