#51AAA5#51AAA5

#51AAA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.086 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AAA5
RGB	rgb(81, 170, 165)
HSL	hsl(177, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(177, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 2.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -27.81, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 28.36, 191.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% -0.0843 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.086 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5567, 33.2131, 40.7067)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AAA5 #AA5156

analogous

#51AA79 #51AAA5 #5183AA

triadic

#51AAA5 #A551AA #AAA551

tetradic

#51AAA5 #7951AA #AA5156 #83AA51

square

#51AAA5 #7951AA #AA5156 #83AA51

split-complementary

#51AAA5 #AA5183 #AA7951

monochromatic

#2A5755 #3D817D #51AAA5 #79BFBB #A2D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#51AAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#51AAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AAA5

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AAA5	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)

#A1A2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9397A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10AEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 170, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.086 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3bf',
    500: '#51aaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aaa5;
$custom-light: #8ac3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.629,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68218,
    "c": 0.0857,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AAA5

secondary

#C09799

accent

#5C63CB

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AAA5

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

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