#51ACA0#51ACA0

#51ACA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.089 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51ACA0
RGB	rgb(81, 172, 160)
HSL	hsl(172, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -30.10, -2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 30.17, 183.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0888 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.089 184)
XYZ	xyz(24.4883, 33.7902, 38.4825)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51ACA0 #AC515D

analogous

#51AC73 #51ACA0 #518BAC

triadic

#51ACA0 #A051AC #ACA051

tetradic

#51ACA0 #7351AC #AC515D #8BAC51

square

#51ACA0 #7351AC #AC515D #8BAC51

split-complementary

#51ACA0 #AC518B #AC7351

monochromatic

#2A5953 #3D8279 #51ACA0 #7AC0B7 #A3D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#51ACA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#51ACA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ACA0

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51ACA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51ACA0	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9699A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 172, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.089 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5bc',
    500: '#51aca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aca0;
$custom-light: #8ac5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.088,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68544,
    "c": 0.08901,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.33792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51ACA0

secondary

#C1989D

accent

#5C6BCC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ACA0

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

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