#51CAAB#51CAAB

#51CAAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.118 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAAB
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 171)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 15.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -41.22, 5.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 41.58, 172.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.1168 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.118 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8611, 46.9274, 45.8990)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAAB #CA5170

analogous

#51CA6E #51CAAB #51ACCA

triadic

#51CAAB #AB51CA #CAAB51

tetradic

#51CAAB #6E51CA #CA5170 #ACCA51

square

#51CAAB #6E51CA #CA5170 #ACCA51

split-complementary

#51CAAB #CA51AC #CA6E51

monochromatic

#257B65 #34AA8C #51CAAB #80D8C2 #AFE7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#51CAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#51CAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAAB

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAAB	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51caab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.118 173.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbc4',
    500: '#51caab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51caab;
$custom-light: #8ddbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51caab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.628,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76228,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAAB

secondary

#D5A2AF

accent

#4B70DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAAB

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

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