#51ABB0#51ABB0

#51ABB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.086 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51ABB0
RGB	rgb(81, 171, 176)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 2.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -25.30, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 27.50, 203.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0806 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.086 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7895, 34.0073, 46.2709)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51ABB0 #B05651

analogous

#51B085 #51ABB0 #517BB0

triadic

#51ABB0 #B051AB #ABB051

tetradic

#51ABB0 #8551B0 #B05651 #7BB051

square

#51ABB0 #8551B0 #B05651 #7BB051

split-complementary

#51ABB0 #B0517B #B08551

monochromatic

#2A5A5D #3D8387 #51ABB0 #7BBFC3 #A5D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#51ABB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#51ABB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ABB0

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51ABB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51ABB0	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9199B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51abb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 171, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.086 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4c7',
    500: '#51abb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51abb0;
$custom-light: #8ac4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51abb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68841,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51ABB0

secondary

#C49B99

accent

#605ACE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ABB0

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

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