#51CAA3#51CAA3

#51CAA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAA3
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 163)
HSL	hsl(161, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 19.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -43.11, 9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 44.14, 167.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1205 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.123 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1215, 46.6316, 42.0039)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAA3 #CA5178

analogous

#51CA66 #51CAA3 #51B5CA

triadic

#51CAA3 #A351CA #CAA351

tetradic

#51CAA3 #6651CA #CA5178 #B5CA51

square

#51CAA3 #6651CA #CA5178 #B5CA51

split-complementary

#51CAA3 #CA51B5 #CA6651

monochromatic

#257B60 #34AA84 #51CAA3 #80D8BC #AFE7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#51CAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#51CAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAA3

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAA3	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BDA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B1A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51caa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbbe',
    500: '#51caa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51caa3;
$custom-light: #8ddbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51caa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.661,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76011,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAA3

secondary

#D5A2B2

accent

#4B7ADD

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAA3

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

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