#51BBAC#51BBAC

#51BBAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.100 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BBAC
RGB	rgb(81, 187, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -34.14, -1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 34.18, 182.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% -0.1002 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.1 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6068, 40.2657, 45.2862)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BBAC #BB5160

analogous

#51BB77 #51BBAC #5195BB

triadic

#51BBAC #AC51BB #BBAC51

tetradic

#51BBAC #7751BB #BB5160 #95BB51

square

#51BBAC #7751BB #BB5160 #95BB51

split-complementary

#51BBAC #BB5195 #BB7751

monochromatic

#296960 #3A9588 #51BBAC #7DCCC1 #A9DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#51BBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#51BBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BBAC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BBAC	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 187, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.100 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0c4',
    500: '#51bbac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bbac;
$custom-light: #8cd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.509,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.10029,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BBAC

secondary

#CB9DA3

accent

#5466D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BBAC

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

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