#51A596#51A596

#51A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.085 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A596
RGB	rgb(81, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, -29.26, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 29.26, 180.07°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0853 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.085 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3512, 30.8596, 33.6269)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A596 #A55160

analogous

#51A56C #51A596 #518AA5

triadic

#51A596 #9651A5 #A59651

tetradic

#51A596 #6C51A5 #A55160 #8AA551

square

#51A596 #6C51A5 #A55160 #8AA551

split-complementary

#51A596 #A5518A #A56C51

monochromatic

#29534B #3D7C71 #51A596 #77BCB0 #A0D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#51A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#51A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A596

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A596	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.085 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0b4',
    500: '#51a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a596;
$custom-light: #88c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 34.146,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66506,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A596

secondary

#BD949C

accent

#5E71CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A596

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

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