#51C8AF#51C8AF

#51C8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8AF
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 175)
HSL	hsl(167, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 12.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -39.35, 2.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 39.43, 176.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.1129 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.113 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7819, 46.1498, 47.7820)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8AF #C8516A

analogous

#51C873 #51C8AF #51A5C8

triadic

#51C8AF #AF51C8 #C8AF51

tetradic

#51C8AF #7351C8 #C8516A #A5C851

square

#51C8AF #7351C8 #C8516A #A5C851

split-complementary

#51C8AF #C851A5 #C87351

monochromatic

#267967 #35A78F #51C8AF #80D7C4 #AEE5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#51C8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#51C8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8AF

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8AF	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BDAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9c6',
    500: '#51c8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8af;
$custom-light: #8dd9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.395,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75854,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8AF

secondary

#D3A1AC

accent

#4C6ADB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8AF

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

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