#51C5AA#51C5AA

#51C5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#51C5AA
RGBrgb(81, 197, 170)
HSLhsl(166, 50%, 55%)
HSVhsv(166, 59%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(58.9%, 0%, 13.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.62, -39.23, 3.79)
CIE-LCHlch(72.62, 39.41, 174.48°)
OKLaboklab(74.98% -0.1119 0.0095)
OKLCHoklch(74.98% 0.112 175.2)
XYZxyz(30.6119, 44.5810, 45.0142)
Luminance0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#51C5AA #C5516C
analogous
#51C570 #51C5AA #51A6C5
triadic
#51C5AA #AA51C5 #C5AA51
tetradic
#51C5AA #7051C5 #C5516C #A6C551
square
#51C5AA #7051C5 #C5516C #A6C551
split-complementary
#51C5AA #C551A6 #C57051
monochromatic
#277563 #36A389 #51C5AA #7FD4C0 #ADE4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12
#51C5AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92
#51C5AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C5AA
9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##51C5AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##51C5AA1.002.129.929.92
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9221.001.001.00
##0000009.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEBAA9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADADAC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #51c5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 197, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 175.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7c3',
    500: '#51c5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #51c5aa;
$custom-light: #8dd7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#51c5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.034,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74976,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#51C5AA
secondary
#D1A0AC
accent
#4E6FDA
background
#F9FDFB
surface
#F1FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0D1412
muted
#7E8381

Preview Lab

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#51C5AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva