#51ADBD#51ADBD

#51ADBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.090 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51ADBD
RGB	rgb(81, 173, 189)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 8.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -22.62, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 27.98, 216.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0774 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.09 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5185, 35.3079, 53.4991)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51ADBD #BD6151

analogous

#51BD97 #51ADBD #5177BD

triadic

#51ADBD #BD51AD #ADBD51

tetradic

#51ADBD #9751BD #BD6151 #77BD51

square

#51ADBD #9751BD #BD6151 #77BD51

split-complementary

#51ADBD #BD5177 #BD9751

monochromatic

#29616B #398997 #51ADBD #7DC2CE #AAD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#51ADBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#51ADBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ADBD

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51ADBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51ADBD	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA7BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51adbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 173, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.090 210.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51adbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69801,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51ADBD

secondary

#CCA49E

accent

#6653D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ADBD

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

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