#51A296#51A296

#51A296 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.082 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A296
RGB	rgb(81, 162, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 33%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 50%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -27.80, -1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 27.83, 182.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0817 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.082 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8164, 29.7901, 33.4486)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A296 #A2515D

analogous

#51A26D #51A296 #5185A2

triadic

#51A296 #9651A2 #A29651

tetradic

#51A296 #6D51A2 #A2515D #85A251

square

#51A296 #6D51A2 #A2515D #85A251

split-complementary

#51A296 #A25185 #A26D51

monochromatic

#28504A #3D7970 #51A296 #76BAB0 #9FCFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#51A296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#51A296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #51A296

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A296	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 162, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.082 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88beb4',
    500: '#51a296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a296;
$custom-light: #88beb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65765,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A296

secondary

#BC9399

accent

#5E6EC9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A296

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

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