#51B2A3#51B2A3

#51B2A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.094 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B2A3
RGB	rgb(81, 178, 163)
HSL	hsl(171, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 8.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -32.20, -0.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 32.22, 181.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0942 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.094 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9217, 36.2320, 40.2707)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B2A3 #B25160

analogous

#51B272 #51B2A3 #5190B2

triadic

#51B2A3 #A351B2 #B2A351

tetradic

#51B2A3 #7251B2 #B25160 #90B251

square

#51B2A3 #7251B2 #B25160 #90B251

split-complementary

#51B2A3 #B25190 #B27251

monochromatic

#2A5F57 #3D897D #51B2A3 #7BC5B9 #A6D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#51B2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#51B2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B2A3

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B2A3	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CB5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 178, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.094 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9be',
    500: '#51b2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b2a3;
$custom-light: #8ac9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.722,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70111,
    "c": 0.09429,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B2A3

secondary

#C59AA1

accent

#596BCF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B2A3

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

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