#51CAAF#51CAAF

#51CAAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.115 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAAF
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 175)
HSL	hsl(167, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 13.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -40.24, 3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 40.39, 175.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.115 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.115 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2481, 47.0822, 47.9374)
Luminance	0.4709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAAF #CA516C

analogous

#51CA73 #51CAAF #51A8CA

triadic

#51CAAF #AF51CA #CAAF51

tetradic

#51CAAF #7351CA #CA516C #A8CA51

square

#51CAAF #7351CA #CA516C #A8CA51

split-complementary

#51CAAF #CA51A8 #CA7351

monochromatic

#257B68 #34AA90 #51CAAF #80D8C5 #AFE7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#51CAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#51CAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAAF

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAAF	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51caaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.115 175.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51caaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.612,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76342,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAAF

secondary

#D5A2AD

accent

#4B6CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAAF

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

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