#51AE9B#51AE9B

#51AE9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.093 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AE9B
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 155)
HSL	hsl(168, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 10.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -32.33, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 32.36, 177.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0933 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.093 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4432, 34.3857, 36.3530)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AE9B #AE5164

analogous

#51AE6C #51AE9B #5193AE

triadic

#51AE9B #9B51AE #AE9B51

tetradic

#51AE9B #6C51AE #AE5164 #93AE51

square

#51AE9B #6C51AE #AE5164 #93AE51

split-complementary

#51AE9B #AE5193 #AE6C51

monochromatic

#2A5A51 #3E8476 #51AE9B #7BC1B3 #A5D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#51AE9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#51AE9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AE9B

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AE9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AE9B	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ae9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.093 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6b8',
    500: '#51ae9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ae9b;
$custom-light: #89c6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ae9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.742,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68882,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AE9B

secondary

#C299A1

accent

#5B72CC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AE9B

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

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