#51B2C5#51B2C5

#51B2C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.094 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51B2C5
RGB	rgb(81, 178, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, -22.84, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 29.23, 218.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0796 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.094 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3877, 37.6184, 58.5248)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51B2C5 #C56451

analogous

#51C59E #51B2C5 #5178C5

triadic

#51B2C5 #C551B2 #B2C551

tetradic

#51B2C5 #9E51C5 #C56451 #78C551

square

#51B2C5 #9E51C5 #C56451 #78C551

split-complementary

#51B2C5 #C55178 #C59E51

monochromatic

#276875 #3691A3 #51B2C5 #7FC6D4 #ADDBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#51B2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#51B2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51B2C5

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51B2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51B2C5	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929FC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51b2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 178, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.094 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc9d6',
    500: '#51b2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51b2c5;
$custom-light: #8dc9d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51b2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.828,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71296,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51B2C5

secondary

#D1A8A0

accent

#654EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51B2C5

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

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