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#51B69D

#51b69d ≈ Mint

  • teal
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#51b69d is a color from the teal family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 31.76% red, 71.37% green and 61.57% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 55.49% cyan, 0% magenta, 13.74% yellow and 28.63% black. Its hue angle is 165.15°, with 40.89% saturation and 51.57% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with clarity, calm and renewal. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 8.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Mint (#3eb489), ΔE 5.39.

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Web safe#66cc99
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Relative luminance0.3764

Complementary

  1. #51b69d
  2. #b6516a

Split complementary

  1. #51b69d
  2. #b6519c
  3. #b66b51

Analogous

  1. #51b66b
  2. #51b69d
  3. #519cb6

Triadic

  1. #51b69d
  2. #9d51b6
  3. #b69d51

Tetradic

  1. #51b69d
  2. #516ab6
  3. #b6516a
  4. #b69d51

Square

  1. #51b69d
  2. #6b51b6
  3. #b6516a
  4. #9cb651

Monochromatic

  1. #214d42
  2. #378371
  3. #51b69d
  4. #87cdbb
  5. #bde3da

Shades

#51b69d mixed progressively with black.

  1. #51b69d
  2. #49a48d
  3. #41927e
  4. #397f6e
  5. #316d5e
  6. #295b4f
  7. #20493f
  8. #18372f
  9. #10241f
  10. #081210
  11. #000000

Tints

#51b69d mixed progressively with white.

  1. #51b69d
  2. #62bda7
  3. #74c5b1
  4. #85ccba
  5. #97d3c4
  6. #a8dbce
  7. #b9e2d8
  8. #cbe9e2
  9. #dcf0eb
  10. #eef8f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#51b69d mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #51b69d
  2. #56b19a
  3. #5aab97
  4. #5fa694
  5. #64a091
  6. #699b8f
  7. #6d968c
  8. #729089
  9. #778b86
  10. #7b8583
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.46:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 8.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #a5a5a5 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8baca2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #b0ac9c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #a1a09f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #14b8af ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #94b09c ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #88a99e ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #36b7a8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-51b69d {
  color: #51b69d;
}
Background
.bg-51b69d {
  background-color: #51b69d;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-51b69d {
  border: 2px solid #51b69d;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #51b69d;
  --color-primary-rgb: 81 182 157;
  --color-primary-hsl: 165 41% 52%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-51b69d {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #51b69d, #519cb6);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-51b69d {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(81 182 157 / 0.35);
}

#3eb489 Mint ΔE 5.39 #29ab87 Jungle Green ΔE 5.47 #00a693 Persian Green ΔE 6.44 #66cdaa Medium Aquamarine ΔE 6.61 #20b2aa Light Sea Green ΔE 6.81 #43b3ae Verdigris ΔE 7.31 #0abab5 Tiffany Blue ΔE 8.04 #ae4962 Inverted #a5a5a5 Grayscale 

Mint
#51b69d  rgb(81, 182, 157)  hsl(165, 41%, 52%)  Mint
#b6516a  rgb(182, 81, 106)  hsl(345, 41%, 52%)  Telemagenta
#9d51b6  rgb(157, 81, 182)  hsl(285, 41%, 52%)  Purpureus
#b69d51  rgb(182, 157, 81)  hsl(45, 41%, 52%)  Brass