#51BAAF#51BAAF

#51BAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.098 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BAAF
RGB	rgb(81, 186, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -32.89, -3.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 33.08, 186.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0977 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.098 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6867, 39.9595, 46.7503)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BAAF #BA515C

analogous

#51BA7A #51BAAF #5191BA

triadic

#51BAAF #AF51BA #BAAF51

tetradic

#51BAAF #7A51BA #BA515C #91BA51

square

#51BAAF #7A51BA #BA515C #91BA51

split-complementary

#51BAAF #BA5191 #BA7A51

monochromatic

#296861 #3A938A #51BAAF #7DCBC3 #A9DDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#51BAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#51BAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BAAF

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BAAF	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B1AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51baaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 186, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.098 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccfc6',
    500: '#51baaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51baaf;
$custom-light: #8ccfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51baaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.714,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72443,
    "c": 0.09826,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BAAF

secondary

#CA9DA1

accent

#5562D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BAAF

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

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