#51BCAC#51BCAC

#51BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BCAC
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -34.61, -1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 34.63, 181.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.1013 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.101 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8196, 40.6915, 45.3572)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BCAC #BC5161

analogous

#51BC76 #51BCAC #5196BC

triadic

#51BCAC #AC51BC #BCAC51

tetradic

#51BCAC #7651BC #BC5161 #96BC51

square

#51BCAC #7651BC #BC5161 #96BC51

split-complementary

#51BCAC #BC5196 #BC7651

monochromatic

#296A60 #3A9688 #51BCAC #7DCDC1 #A9DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#51BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#51BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BCAC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BCAC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 182.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.028,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72836,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BCAC

secondary

#CC9DA4

accent

#5467D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BCAC

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

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