#51C8AE#51C8AE

#51C8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.114 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8AE
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 174)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 13%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -39.59, 3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 39.71, 175.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.1133 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.114 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6840, 46.1107, 47.2667)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8AE #C8516B

analogous

#51C873 #51C8AE #51A6C8

triadic

#51C8AE #AE51C8 #C8AE51

tetradic

#51C8AE #7351C8 #C8516B #A6C851

square

#51C8AE #7351C8 #C8516B #A6C851

split-complementary

#51C8AE #C851A6 #C87351

monochromatic

#267967 #35A78E #51C8AE #80D7C4 #AEE5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#51C8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#51C8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8AE

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8AE	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.114 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9c6',
    500: '#51c8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8ae;
$custom-light: #8dd9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.891,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75825,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8AE

secondary

#D3A1AC

accent

#4C6CDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8AE

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

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