#51B2AA#51B2AA

#51B2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.092 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B2AA
RGB	rgb(81, 178, 170)
HSL	hsl(175, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -30.38, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 30.72, 188.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0911 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.092 188)
XYZ	xyz(26.5663, 36.4899, 43.6656)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B2AA #B25159

analogous

#51B279 #51B2AA #5189B2

triadic

#51B2AA #AA51B2 #B2AA51

tetradic

#51B2AA #7951B2 #B25159 #89B251

square

#51B2AA #7951B2 #B25159 #89B251

split-complementary

#51B2AA #B25189 #B27951

monochromatic

#2A5F5A #3D8983 #51B2AA #7BC5BF #A6D8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#51B2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#51B2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B2AA

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B2AA	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 178, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.092 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9c3',
    500: '#51b2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b2aa;
$custom-light: #8bc9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.052,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70334,
    "c": 0.092,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.36492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B2AA

secondary

#C59A9D

accent

#5963CF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B2AA

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

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