#51A69A#51A69A

#51A69A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.085 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A69A
RGB	rgb(81, 166, 154)
HSL	hsl(172, 34%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 7.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.80, -28.73, -1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.80, 28.78, 183.33°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0846 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.085 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8598, 31.3528, 35.4126)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A69A #A6515D

analogous

#51A66F #51A69A #5187A6

triadic

#51A69A #9A51A6 #A69A51

tetradic

#51A69A #6F51A6 #A6515D #87A651

square

#51A69A #6F51A6 #A6515D #87A651

split-complementary

#51A69A #A65187 #A66F51

monochromatic

#29544E #3D7D74 #51A69A #77BDB3 #A1D1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#51A69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#51A69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A69A

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A69A	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 166, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.085 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1b7',
    500: '#51a69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a69a;
$custom-light: #89c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.529,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66878,
    "c": 0.08474,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A69A

secondary

#BE959B

accent

#5D6DCA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A69A

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

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