#51ADBC#51ADBC

#51ADBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.089 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51ADBC
RGB	rgb(81, 173, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -22.91, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 27.92, 214.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0778 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.089 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4103, 35.2647, 52.9294)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51ADBC #BC6051

analogous

#51BC95 #51ADBC #5178BC

triadic

#51ADBC #BC51AD #ADBC51

tetradic

#51ADBC #9551BC #BC6051 #78BC51

square

#51ADBC #9551BC #BC6051 #78BC51

split-complementary

#51ADBC #BC5178 #BC9551

monochromatic

#29616A #3A8996 #51ADBC #7DC2CD #A9D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#51ADBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#51ADBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ADBC

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51ADBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51ADBC	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51adbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 173, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.089 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5d0',
    500: '#51adbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51adbc;
$custom-light: #8cc5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51adbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.411,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69763,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51ADBC

secondary

#CCA49D

accent

#6654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ADBC

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

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