#51B697#51B697

#51B697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.106 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B697
RGB	rgb(81, 182, 151)
HSL	hsl(162, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 0%, 17%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -37.02, 6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 37.67, 169.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.1042 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.106 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7046, 37.4372, 35.1437)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B697 #B65170

analogous

#51B665 #51B697 #51A3B6

triadic

#51B697 #9751B6 #B69751

tetradic

#51B697 #6551B6 #B65170 #A3B651

square

#51B697 #6551B6 #B65170 #A3B651

split-complementary

#51B697 #B651A3 #B66551

monochromatic

#2A6351 #3C8E75 #51B697 #7CC8B1 #A7DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#51B697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#51B697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B697

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B697	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 182, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.106 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accb5',
    500: '#51b697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b697;
$custom-light: #8accb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.584,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70745,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B697

secondary

#C89BA9

accent

#577CD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B697

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

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