#51C2AC#51C2AC

#51C2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.108 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C2AC
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 11.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -37.38, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 37.41, 177.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.1078 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.108 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1281, 43.3085, 45.7933)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C2AC #C25167

analogous

#51C274 #51C2AC #51A0C2

triadic

#51C2AC #AC51C2 #C2AC51

tetradic

#51C2AC #7451C2 #C25167 #A0C251

square

#51C2AC #7451C2 #C25167 #A0C251

split-complementary

#51C2AC #C251A0 #C27451

monochromatic

#287163 #379E8A #51C2AC #7ED2C2 #ACE2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#51C2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#51C2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2AC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C2AC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAABAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.108 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5c4',
    500: '#51c2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c2ac;
$custom-light: #8dd5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.319,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74301,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C2AC

secondary

#D09FA9

accent

#506BD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2AC

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

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