#51AEAE#51AEAE

#51AEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.088 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AEAE
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 174)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 53%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 0%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -27.35, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 28.61, 197.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0849 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.088 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1662, 35.0749, 45.4274)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AEAE #AE5151

analogous

#51AE80 #51AEAE #517FAE

triadic

#51AEAE #AE51AE #AEAE51

tetradic

#51AEAE #7F51AE #AE5151 #80AE51

square

#51AEAE #7F51AE #AE5151 #80AE51

split-complementary

#51AEAE #AE5180 #AE8051

monochromatic

#2A5A5A #3E8484 #51AEAE #7BC1C1 #A5D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#51AEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#51AEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AEAE

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AEAE	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aeae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.088 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6c6',
    500: '#51aeae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aeae;
$custom-light: #8bc6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aeae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.471,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69497,
    "c": 0.08799,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AEAE

secondary

#C29999

accent

#5B5BCC

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AEAE

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

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