#51C8AB#51C8AB

#51C8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.115 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8AB
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 14.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -40.33, 4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 40.59, 173.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.1147 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.115 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3948, 45.9950, 45.7436)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8AB #C8516E

analogous

#51C86F #51C8AB #51AAC8

triadic

#51C8AB #AB51C8 #C8AB51

tetradic

#51C8AB #6F51C8 #C8516E #AAC851

square

#51C8AB #6F51C8 #C8516E #AAC851

split-complementary

#51C8AB #C851AA #C86F51

monochromatic

#267964 #35A78B #51C8AB #80D7C1 #AEE5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#51C8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#51C8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8AB

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8AB	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AFAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.115 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9c4',
    500: '#51c8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8ab;
$custom-light: #8dd9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.378,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75739,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8AB

secondary

#D3A1AE

accent

#4C6FDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8AB

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

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