#51C8A8#51C8A8

#51C8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8A8
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(164, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 16%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -41.05, 6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 41.51, 171.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1161 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.117 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1121, 45.8819, 44.2547)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8A8 #C85171

analogous

#51C86D #51C8A8 #51ACC8

triadic

#51C8A8 #A851C8 #C8A851

tetradic

#51C8A8 #6D51C8 #C85171 #ACC851

square

#51C8A8 #6D51C8 #C85171 #ACC851

split-complementary

#51C8A8 #C851AC #C86D51

monochromatic

#267962 #35A788 #51C8A8 #80D7BF #AEE5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#51C8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#51C8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8A8

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8A8	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 172.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9c1',
    500: '#51c8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8a8;
$custom-light: #8dd9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.866,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75655,
    "c": 0.11709,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8A8

secondary

#D3A1AF

accent

#4C73DB

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8A8

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

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