#51ABBC#51ABBC

#51ABBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.089 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51ABBC
RGB	rgb(81, 171, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -21.89, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 27.62, 217.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0756 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.089 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0297, 34.5034, 52.8026)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51ABBC #BC6251

analogous

#51BC98 #51ABBC #5175BC

triadic

#51ABBC #BC51AB #ABBC51

tetradic

#51ABBC #9851BC #BC6251 #75BC51

square

#51ABBC #9851BC #BC6251 #75BC51

split-complementary

#51ABBC #BC5175 #BC9851

monochromatic

#29606A #3A8796 #51ABBC #7DC0CD #A9D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#51ABBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#51ABBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ABBC

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51ABBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51ABBC	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51abbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 171, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.089 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4d0',
    500: '#51abbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51abbc;
$custom-light: #8bc4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51abbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.533,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69286,
    "c": 0.08887,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51ABBC

secondary

#CCA59D

accent

#6854D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ABBC

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

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