#51BAC2#51BAC2

#51BAC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BAC2
RGB	rgb(81, 186, 194)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -27.71, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 30.68, 205.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0895 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6858, 40.7591, 57.2786)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BAC2 #C25951

analogous

#51C292 #51BAC2 #5182C2

triadic

#51BAC2 #C251BA #BAC251

tetradic

#51BAC2 #9251C2 #C25951 #82C251

square

#51BAC2 #9251C2 #C25951 #82C251

split-complementary

#51BAC2 #C25182 #C29251

monochromatic

#286C71 #37979E #51BAC2 #7ECCD2 #ACDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#51BAC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#51BAC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BAC2

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BAC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BAC2	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 186, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfd4',
    500: '#51bac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bac2;
$custom-light: #8dcfd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.248,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73089,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BAC2

secondary

#D0A39F

accent

#5A50D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BAC2

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

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