#51C2AE#51C2AE

#51C2AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.107 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C2AE
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 10.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -36.87, 0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 36.88, 179.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.1069 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.107 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3216, 43.3859, 46.8125)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C2AE #C25165

analogous

#51C276 #51C2AE #519DC2

triadic

#51C2AE #AE51C2 #C2AE51

tetradic

#51C2AE #7651C2 #C25165 #9DC251

square

#51C2AE #7651C2 #C25165 #9DC251

split-complementary

#51C2AE #C2519D #C27651

monochromatic

#287164 #379E8C #51C2AE #7ED2C3 #ACE2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#51C2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#51C2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2AE

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C2AE	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ABB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.107 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5c6',
    500: '#51c2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c2ae;
$custom-light: #8dd5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.381,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74361,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C2AE

secondary

#D09FA8

accent

#5068D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2AE

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

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