#51ABA5#51ABA5

#51ABA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.087 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#51ABA5
RGBrgb(81, 171, 165)
HSLhsl(176, 36%, 49%)
HSVhsv(176, 53%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(52.6%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LABlab(64.64, -28.30, -5.13)
CIE-LCHlch(64.64, 28.76, 190.27°)
OKLaboklab(68.46% -0.0854 -0.0143)
OKLCHoklch(68.46% 0.087 189.5)
XYZxyz(24.7449, 33.5895, 40.7694)
Luminance0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#51ABA5 #AB5157
analogous
#51AB78 #51ABA5 #5184AB
triadic
#51ABA5 #A551AB #ABA551
tetradic
#51ABA5 #7851AB #AB5157 #84AB51
square
#51ABA5 #7851AB #AB5157 #84AB51
split-complementary
#51ABA5 #AB5184 #AB7851
monochromatic
#2A5855 #3D817D #51ABA5 #79C0BB #A3D3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72
#51ABA5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72
#51ABA5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ABA5
7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##51ABA5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##51ABA51.002.727.727.72
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7221.001.001.00
##0000007.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A3A3A5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9498A6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0FAFA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #51aba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.087 189.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4bf',
    500: '#51aba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #51aba5;
$custom-light: #8ac4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#51aba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68462,
    "c": 0.08661,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#51ABA5
secondary
#C1979A
accent
#5C64CC
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#F0F8F7
border
#CBD1D0
text
#0C1212
muted
#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ABA5

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#51ABA5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva