#51AEC0#51AEC0

#51AEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.091 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AEC0
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -22.26, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 28.33, 218.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0773 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.091 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0400, 35.8245, 55.2961)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AEC0 #C06351

analogous

#51C09A #51AEC0 #5176C0

triadic

#51AEC0 #C051AE #AEC051

tetradic

#51AEC0 #9A51C0 #C06351 #76C051

square

#51AEC0 #9A51C0 #C06351 #76C051

split-complementary

#51AEC0 #C05176 #C09A51

monochromatic

#28636F #388B9B #51AEC0 #7EC3D0 #ABD8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#51AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#51AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AEC0

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AEC0	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.091 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6d3',
    500: '#51aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aec0;
$custom-light: #8cc6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.73,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AEC0

secondary

#CEA69F

accent

#6751D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AEC0

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

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