#51B696#51B696

#51B696 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B696
RGB	rgb(81, 182, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 17.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -37.26, 7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 38.00, 168.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.1047 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.106 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6237, 37.4048, 34.7178)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B696 #B65171

analogous

#51B664 #51B696 #51A4B6

triadic

#51B696 #9651B6 #B69651

tetradic

#51B696 #6451B6 #B65171 #A4B651

square

#51B696 #6451B6 #B65171 #A4B651

split-complementary

#51B696 #B651A4 #B66451

monochromatic

#2A6351 #3C8E74 #51B696 #7CC8B0 #A7DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#51B696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#51B696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B696

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B696	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 182, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accb4',
    500: '#51b696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b696;
$custom-light: #8accb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.99,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70717,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B696

secondary

#C89BA9

accent

#577ED1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B696

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

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