#51A699#51A699

#51A699 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.085 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A699
RGB	rgb(81, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(171, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 7.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -28.99, -1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 29.01, 182.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0851 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.085 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7769, 31.3197, 34.9758)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A699 #A6515E

analogous

#51A66E #51A699 #5188A6

triadic

#51A699 #9951A6 #A69951

tetradic

#51A699 #6E51A6 #A6515E #88A651

square

#51A699 #6E51A6 #A6515E #88A651

split-complementary

#51A699 #A65188 #A66E51

monochromatic

#29544D #3D7D73 #51A699 #77BDB2 #A1D1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#51A699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#51A699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A699

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A699	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)

#9F9E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92949A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.085 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1b7',
    500: '#51a699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a699;
$custom-light: #89c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.824,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66847,
    "c": 0.08513,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A699

secondary

#BE959B

accent

#5D6ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A699

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

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