#51AAA4#51AAA4

#51AAA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.086 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AAA4
RGB	rgb(81, 170, 164)
HSL	hsl(176, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -28.08, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 28.53, 190.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0847 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.086 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4661, 33.1769, 40.2292)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AAA4 #AA5157

analogous

#51AA78 #51AAA4 #5184AA

triadic

#51AAA4 #A451AA #AAA451

tetradic

#51AAA4 #7851AA #AA5157 #84AA51

square

#51AAA4 #7851AA #AA5157 #84AA51

split-complementary

#51AAA4 #AA5184 #AA7851

monochromatic

#2A5754 #3D817C #51AAA4 #79BFBA #A2D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#51AAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#51AAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AAA4

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AAA4	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aaa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 170, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.086 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3be',
    500: '#51aaa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aaa4;
$custom-light: #8ac3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aaa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.955,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68185,
    "c": 0.0859,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AAA4

secondary

#C09799

accent

#5C64CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AAA4

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

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