#51AABA#51AABA

#51AABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.088 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AABA
RGB	rgb(81, 170, 186)
HSL	hsl(189, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -21.95, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 27.34, 216.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0753 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.088 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6274, 34.0414, 51.6123)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AABA #BA6151

analogous

#51BA96 #51AABA #5175BA

triadic

#51AABA #BA51AA #AABA51

tetradic

#51AABA #9651BA #BA6151 #75BA51

square

#51AABA #9651BA #BA6151 #75BA51

split-complementary

#51AABA #BA5175 #BA9651

monochromatic

#295E68 #3A8693 #51AABA #7DBFCB #A9D5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#51AABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#51AABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AABA

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AABA	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C99BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aaba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 170, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.088 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3ce',
    500: '#51aaba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aaba;
$custom-light: #8bc3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aaba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.143,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68971,
    "c": 0.08781,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AABA

secondary

#CAA49D

accent

#6855D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1213

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AABA

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

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