#51CAAD#51CAAD

#51CAAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAAD
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 173)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 14.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -40.73, 4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 40.98, 173.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.1159 0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.116 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0531, 47.0043, 46.9106)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAAD #CA516E

analogous

#51CA70 #51CAAD #51AACA

triadic

#51CAAD #AD51CA #CAAD51

tetradic

#51CAAD #7051CA #CA516E #AACA51

square

#51CAAD #7051CA #CA516E #AACA51

split-complementary

#51CAAD #CA51AA #CA7051

monochromatic

#257B67 #34AA8E #51CAAD #80D8C3 #AFE7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#51CAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#51CAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAAD

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAAD	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51caad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbc5',
    500: '#51caad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51caad;
$custom-light: #8edbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51caad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.62,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76285,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAAD

secondary

#D5A2AE

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAAD

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

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