#51B2AE#51B2AE

#51B2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.091 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B2AE
RGB	rgb(81, 178, 174)
HSL	hsl(178, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.01, -29.31, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.01, 30.05, 192.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0893 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.091 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9505, 36.6435, 45.6888)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B2AE #B25155

analogous

#51B27D #51B2AE #5185B2

triadic

#51B2AE #AE51B2 #B2AE51

tetradic

#51B2AE #7D51B2 #B25155 #85B251

square

#51B2AE #7D51B2 #B25155 #85B251

split-complementary

#51B2AE #B25185 #B27D51

monochromatic

#2A5F5D #3D8986 #51B2AE #7BC5C2 #A6D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#51B2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#51B2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B2AE

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B2AE	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 178, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.091 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9c6',
    500: '#51b2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b2ae;
$custom-light: #8bc9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.526,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70467,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B2AE

secondary

#C59A9C

accent

#595ECF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B2AE

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

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