#51C2BE#51C2BE

#51C2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C2BE
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 190)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -32.69, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 33.56, 193.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0998 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.102 192)
XYZ	xyz(31.9753, 44.0473, 55.5221)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C2BE #C25155

analogous

#51C286 #51C2BE #518EC2

triadic

#51C2BE #BE51C2 #C2BE51

tetradic

#51C2BE #8651C2 #C25155 #8EC251

square

#51C2BE #8651C2 #C25155 #8EC251

split-complementary

#51C2BE #C2518E #C28651

monochromatic

#28716E #379E9B #51C2BE #7ED2CF #ACE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#51C2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#51C2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2BE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C2BE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5d1',
    500: '#51c2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c2be;
$custom-light: #8ed5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.876,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74868,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.44051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C2BE

secondary

#D09FA1

accent

#5055D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2BE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →