#51A698#51A698

#51A698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.086 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A698
RGB	rgb(81, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(170, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -29.24, -0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 29.25, 181.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.0855 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.086 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6946, 31.2868, 34.5427)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A698 #A6515F

analogous

#51A66D #51A698 #5189A6

triadic

#51A698 #9851A6 #A69851

tetradic

#51A698 #6D51A6 #A6515F #89A651

square

#51A698 #6D51A6 #A6515F #89A651

split-complementary

#51A698 #A65189 #A66D51

monochromatic

#29544D #3D7D72 #51A698 #77BDB1 #A1D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#51A698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#51A698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A698

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A698	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.086 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c1b6',
    500: '#51a698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a698;
$custom-light: #88c1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.118,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66815,
    "c": 0.08554,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A698

secondary

#BE959C

accent

#5D6FCA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A698

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

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