#51BCBD#51BCBD

#51BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.098 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BCBD
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -30.08, -9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 31.63, 197.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0938 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.098 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5579, 41.3868, 54.5123)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BCBD #BD5251

analogous

#51BD88 #51BCBD #5186BD

triadic

#51BCBD #BD51BC #BCBD51

tetradic

#51BCBD #8851BD #BD5251 #86BD51

square

#51BCBD #8851BD #BD5251 #86BD51

split-complementary

#51BCBD #BD5186 #BD8851

monochromatic

#296A6B #399797 #51BCBD #7DCDCE #AADEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#51BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#51BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BCBD

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BCBD	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.098 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0d0',
    500: '#51bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bcbd;
$custom-light: #8dd0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73392,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BCBD

secondary

#CC9E9E

accent

#5453D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BCBD

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

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