#51AAAE#51AAAE

#51AAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.085 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AAAE
RGB	rgb(81, 170, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 2.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, -25.36, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 27.33, 201.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0804 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.085 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4049, 33.5524, 45.1736)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AAAE #AE5551

analogous

#51AE84 #51AAAE #517BAE

triadic

#51AAAE #AE51AA #AAAE51

tetradic

#51AAAE #8451AE #AE5551 #7BAE51

square

#51AAAE #8451AE #AE5551 #7BAE51

split-complementary

#51AAAE #AE517B #AE8451

monochromatic

#2A585A #3E8184 #51AAAE #7BBEC1 #A5D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#51AAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#51AAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AAAE

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AAAE	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA3AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9098AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aaae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 170, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.085 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3c6',
    500: '#51aaae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aaae;
$custom-light: #8ac3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aaae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.581,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68528,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AAAE

secondary

#C29A99

accent

#605BCC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AAAE

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

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