#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
RGB	rgb(81, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -28.30, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 28.76, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0854 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.087 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7449, 33.5895, 40.7694)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##51ABA5	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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