#51BCAB#51BCAB

#51BCAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BCAB
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -34.86, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 34.87, 181.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.1017 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.102 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7240, 40.6532, 44.8533)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BCAB #BC5162

analogous

#51BC75 #51BCAB #5198BC

triadic

#51BCAB #AB51BC #BCAB51

tetradic

#51BCAB #7551BC #BC5162 #98BC51

square

#51BCAB #7551BC #BC5162 #98BC51

split-complementary

#51BCAB #BC5198 #BC7551

monochromatic

#296A60 #3A9687 #51BCAB #7DCDC0 #A9DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#51BCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#51BCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BCAB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BCAB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0c4',
    500: '#51bcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bcab;
$custom-light: #8cd0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.467,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BCAB

secondary

#CC9DA5

accent

#5468D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BCAB

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

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