#51AAA0#51AAA0

#51AAA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.087 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AAA0
RGB	rgb(81, 170, 160)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 5.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.19, -29.13, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.19, 29.28, 185.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0865 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.087 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1105, 33.0346, 38.3566)
Luminance	0.3304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AAA0 #AA515B

analogous

#51AA74 #51AAA0 #5188AA

triadic

#51AAA0 #A051AA #AAA051

tetradic

#51AAA0 #7451AA #AA515B #88AA51

square

#51AAA0 #7451AA #AA515B #88AA51

split-complementary

#51AAA0 #AA5188 #AA7451

monochromatic

#2A5752 #3D8179 #51AAA0 #79BFB7 #A2D3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#51AAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#51AAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AAA0

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AAA0	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9497A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aaa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 170, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.087 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3bc',
    500: '#51aaa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aaa0;
$custom-light: #89c3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aaa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.258,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68054,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AAA0

secondary

#C0979B

accent

#5C69CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AAA0

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

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