#51CEAE#51CEAE

#51CEAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.121 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEAE
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 174)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -42.26, 5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 42.64, 172.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.1197 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.121 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1010, 48.9445, 47.7390)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEAE #CE5171

analogous

#51CE70 #51CEAE #51B0CE

triadic

#51CEAE #AE51CE #CEAE51

tetradic

#51CEAE #7051CE #CE5171 #B0CE51

square

#51CEAE #7051CE #CE5171 #B0CE51

split-complementary

#51CEAE #CE51B0 #CE7051

monochromatic

#248069 #32B090 #51CEAE #81DBC4 #B1E9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#51CEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#51CEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEAE

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEAE	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ceae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.121 173.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ceae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.64,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7729,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEAE

secondary

#D7A4B1

accent

#486FDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEAE

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

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