#51CEAF#51CEAF

#51CEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.120 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEAF
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 175)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 15%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -42.02, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 42.33, 172.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.1192 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.12 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1988, 48.9837, 48.2543)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEAF #CE5170

analogous

#51CE71 #51CEAF #51AFCE

triadic

#51CEAF #AF51CE #CEAF51

tetradic

#51CEAF #7151CE #CE5170 #AFCE51

square

#51CEAF #7151CE #CE5170 #AFCE51

split-complementary

#51CEAF #CE51AF #CE7151

monochromatic

#24806A #32B091 #51CEAF #81DBC5 #B1E9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#51CEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#51CEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEAF

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEAF	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ceaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.120 173.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ceaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.12,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77318,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEAF

secondary

#D7A4B0

accent

#486EDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEAF

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

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