#51BAAC#51BAAC

#51BAAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.099 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BAAC
RGB	rgb(81, 186, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -33.67, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 33.73, 183.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0991 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.099 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3954, 39.8429, 45.2158)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BAAC #BA515F

analogous

#51BA78 #51BAAC #5194BA

triadic

#51BAAC #AC51BA #BAAC51

tetradic

#51BAAC #7851BA #BA515F #94BA51

square

#51BAAC #7851BA #BA515F #94BA51

split-complementary

#51BAAC #BA5194 #BA7851

monochromatic

#29685F #3A9388 #51BAAC #7DCBC1 #A9DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#51BAAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#51BAAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BAAC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BAAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BAAC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B0AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51baac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 186, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.099 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfc4',
    500: '#51baac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51baac;
$custom-light: #8ccfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51baac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72349,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BAAC

secondary

#CA9DA3

accent

#5566D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BAAC

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

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