#51A8A2#51A8A2

#51A8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.084 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51A8A2
RGB	rgb(81, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -27.62, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 28.06, 190.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0833 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.084 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9148, 32.3611, 39.1614)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51A8A2 #A85157

analogous

#51A877 #51A8A2 #5183A8

triadic

#51A8A2 #A251A8 #A8A251

tetradic

#51A8A2 #7751A8 #A85157 #83A851

square

#51A8A2 #7751A8 #A85157 #83A851

split-complementary

#51A8A2 #A85183 #A87751

monochromatic

#295552 #3D7F7A #51A8A2 #78BEB9 #A1D2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#51A8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#51A8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51A8A2

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51A8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51A8A2	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51a8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.084 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2bd',
    500: '#51a8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51a8a2;
$custom-light: #89c2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51a8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.862,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67629,
    "c": 0.08445,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51A8A2

secondary

#BF9699

accent

#5D64CB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #51A8A2

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

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