#51BCAE#51BCAE

#51BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BCAE
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -34.09, -2.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 34.16, 183.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.1004 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.101 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0132, 40.7689, 46.3764)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BCAE #BC515F

analogous

#51BC79 #51BCAE #5194BC

triadic

#51BCAE #AE51BC #BCAE51

tetradic

#51BCAE #7951BC #BC515F #94BC51

square

#51BCAE #7951BC #BC515F #94BC51

split-complementary

#51BCAE #BC5194 #BC7951

monochromatic

#296A61 #3A968A #51BCAE #7DCDC3 #A9DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#51BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#51BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BCAE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BCAE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0c6',
    500: '#51bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bcae;
$custom-light: #8cd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.15,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72899,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BCAE

secondary

#CC9DA3

accent

#5464D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BCAE

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

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