#51CDAE#51CDAE

#51CDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.119 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDAE
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -41.82, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 42.15, 172.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.1186 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.119 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8610, 48.4646, 47.6590)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDAE #CD5170

analogous

#51CD70 #51CDAE #51AECD

triadic

#51CDAE #AE51CD #CDAE51

tetradic

#51CDAE #7051CD #CD5170 #AECD51

square

#51CDAE #7051CD #CD5170 #AECD51

split-complementary

#51CDAE #CD51AE #CD7051

monochromatic

#257F68 #32AF90 #51CDAE #81DBC4 #B0E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#51CDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#51CDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDAE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDAE	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.119 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eddc6',
    500: '#51cdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdae;
$custom-light: #8eddc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77046,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDAE

secondary

#D7A3B0

accent

#496FDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDAE

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

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