#51BBAD#51BBAD

#51BBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.100 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BBAD
RGB	rgb(81, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -33.88, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 33.95, 183.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0997 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.1 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7032, 40.3043, 45.7939)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BBAD #BB515F

analogous

#51BB78 #51BBAD #5194BB

triadic

#51BBAD #AD51BB #BBAD51

tetradic

#51BBAD #7851BB #BB515F #94BB51

square

#51BBAD #7851BB #BB515F #94BB51

split-complementary

#51BBAD #BB5194 #BB7851

monochromatic

#296960 #3A9589 #51BBAD #7DCCC2 #A9DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#51BBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#51BBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BBAD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BBAD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.100 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0c5',
    500: '#51bbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bbad;
$custom-light: #8cd0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.075,
    "s": 43.802,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72624,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BBAD

secondary

#CB9DA3

accent

#5465D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BBAD

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

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