#51CAAE#51CAAE

#51CAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAAE
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 13.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -40.49, 3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 40.68, 174.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1154 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.116 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1503, 47.0431, 47.4221)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAAE #CA516D

analogous

#51CA71 #51CAAE #51A9CA

triadic

#51CAAE #AE51CA #CAAE51

tetradic

#51CAAE #7151CA #CA516D #A9CA51

square

#51CAAE #7151CA #CA516D #A9CA51

split-complementary

#51CAAE #CA51A9 #CA7151

monochromatic

#257B67 #34AA8F #51CAAE #80D8C4 #AFE7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#51CAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#51CAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAAE

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAAE	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51caae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbc6',
    500: '#51caae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51caae;
$custom-light: #8edbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51caae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.116,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76313,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAAE

secondary

#D5A2AE

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAAE

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

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