#51C2AA#51C2AA

#51C2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.109 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C2AA
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 170)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 12.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -37.87, 2.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 37.96, 176.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.1087 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.109 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9375, 43.2322, 44.7894)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C2AA #C25169

analogous

#51C272 #51C2AA #51A2C2

triadic

#51C2AA #AA51C2 #C2AA51

tetradic

#51C2AA #7251C2 #C25169 #A2C251

square

#51C2AA #7251C2 #C25169 #A2C251

split-complementary

#51C2AA #C251A2 #C27251

monochromatic

#287161 #379E88 #51C2AA #7ED2C0 #ACE2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#51C2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#51C2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2AA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C2AA	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.109 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd5c3',
    500: '#51c2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c2aa;
$custom-light: #8cd5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.257,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74242,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C2AA

secondary

#D09FAA

accent

#506DD8

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2AA

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

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