#51A697#51A697

#51A697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.086 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A697
RGB	rgb(81, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -29.50, -0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 29.50, 180.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.086 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.086 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6131, 31.2541, 34.1131)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A697 #A65160

analogous

#51A66C #51A697 #518AA6

triadic

#51A697 #9751A6 #A69751

tetradic

#51A697 #6C51A6 #A65160 #8AA651

square

#51A697 #6C51A6 #A65160 #8AA651

split-complementary

#51A697 #A6518A #A66C51

monochromatic

#29544C #3D7D72 #51A697 #77BDB1 #A1D1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#51A697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#51A697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A697

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A697	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.086 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c1b5',
    500: '#51a697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a697;
$custom-light: #88c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66784,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A697

secondary

#BE959C

accent

#5D71CA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A697

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

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