#51C4AC#51C4AC

#51C4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.110 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C4AC
RGB	rgb(81, 196, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 12.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -38.29, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 38.36, 176.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.1099 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.11 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5762, 44.2047, 45.9427)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C4AC #C45169

analogous

#51C473 #51C4AC #51A3C4

triadic

#51C4AC #AC51C4 #C4AC51

tetradic

#51C4AC #7351C4 #C45169 #A3C451

square

#51C4AC #7351C4 #C45169 #A3C451

split-complementary

#51C4AC #C451A3 #C47351

monochromatic

#277364 #37A18B #51C4AC #7FD3C2 #ACE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#51C4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#51C4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C4AC

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C4AC	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 196, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.110 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6c4',
    500: '#51c4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c4ac;
$custom-light: #8dd6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.478,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7479,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C4AC

secondary

#D1A0AA

accent

#4F6CD9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C4AC

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

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