#51A690#51A690

#51A690 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.090 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A690
RGB	rgb(81, 166, 144)
HSL	hsl(164, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 13.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -31.24, 3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 31.44, 173.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0892 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.09 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0614, 31.0335, 31.2076)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A690 #A65167

analogous

#51A665 #51A690 #5191A6

triadic

#51A690 #9051A6 #A69051

tetradic

#51A690 #6551A6 #A65167 #91A651

square

#51A690 #6551A6 #A65167 #91A651

split-complementary

#51A690 #A65191 #A66551

monochromatic

#295449 #3D7D6C #51A690 #77BDAB #A1D1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#51A690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#51A690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A690

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A690	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 166, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.090 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c1b0',
    500: '#51a690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a690;
$custom-light: #88c1b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.471,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66572,
    "c": 0.08963,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A690

secondary

#BE959F

accent

#5D7ACA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F7F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0C1210

muted

#7D817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A690

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

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