#51B89E#51B89E

#51B89E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B89E
RGB	rgb(81, 184, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 0%, 14.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -36.26, 4.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 36.50, 173.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1032 0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.104 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7026, 38.4964, 38.3645)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B89E #B8516B

analogous

#51B86A #51B89E #519FB8

triadic

#51B89E #9E51B8 #B89E51

tetradic

#51B89E #6A51B8 #B8516B #9FB851

square

#51B89E #6A51B8 #B8516B #9FB851

split-complementary

#51B89E #B8519F #B86A51

monochromatic

#296556 #3B917B #51B89E #7CCAB6 #A8DBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#51B89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#51B89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B89E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B89E	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 184, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bceba',
    500: '#51b89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b89e;
$custom-light: #8bceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.854,
    "s": 42.041,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71437,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B89E

secondary

#C99CA7

accent

#5675D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B89E

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

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