#51C2BC#51C2BC

#51C2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.102 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C2BC
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 188)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 3.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -33.22, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 33.87, 191.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1007 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.102 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7583, 43.9605, 54.3788)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C2BC #C25157

analogous

#51C284 #51C2BC #5190C2

triadic

#51C2BC #BC51C2 #C2BC51

tetradic

#51C2BC #8451C2 #C25157 #90C251

square

#51C2BC #8451C2 #C25157 #90C251

split-complementary

#51C2BC #C25190 #C28451

monochromatic

#28716D #379E99 #51C2BC #7ED2CD #ACE2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#51C2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#51C2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2BC

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C2BC	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ABBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.102 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd5d0',
    500: '#51c2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c2bc;
$custom-light: #8dd5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.814,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C2BC

secondary

#D09FA2

accent

#5057D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2BC

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

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