#51ACAA#51ACAA

#51ACAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.087 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51ACAA
RGB	rgb(81, 172, 170)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 0%, 1.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -27.45, -7.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 28.39, 194.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0843 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.087 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3985, 34.1543, 43.2764)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51ACAA #AC5153

analogous

#51AC7C #51ACAA #5181AC

triadic

#51ACAA #AA51AC #ACAA51

tetradic

#51ACAA #7C51AC #AC5153 #81AC51

square

#51ACAA #7C51AC #AC5153 #81AC51

split-complementary

#51ACAA #AC5181 #AC7C51

monochromatic

#2A5958 #3D8281 #51ACAA #7AC0BF #A3D4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#51ACAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#51ACAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ACAA

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51ACAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51ACAA	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9399AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51acaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 172, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.087 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5c3',
    500: '#51acaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51acaa;
$custom-light: #8ac5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51acaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.681,
    "s": 35.968,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68874,
    "c": 0.08671,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51ACAA

secondary

#C19899

accent

#5C5ECC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ACAA

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

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