#51BABC#51BABC

#51BABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.096 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BABC
RGB	rgb(81, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -29.39, -10.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 31.09, 199.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0921 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.096 197)
XYZ	xyz(30.0255, 40.4950, 53.8012)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BABC #BC5351

analogous

#51BC88 #51BABC #5185BC

triadic

#51BABC #BC51BA #BABC51

tetradic

#51BABC #8851BC #BC5351 #85BC51

square

#51BABC #8851BC #BC5351 #85BC51

split-complementary

#51BABC #BC5185 #BC8851

monochromatic

#29696A #3A9496 #51BABC #7DCCCD #A9DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#51BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#51BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BABC

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BABC	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.096 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfd0',
    500: '#51babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51babc;
$custom-light: #8dcfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.121,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72877,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.40498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BABC

secondary

#CC9E9D

accent

#5654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BABC

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

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