#51C2CB#51C2CB

#51C2CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.102 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C2CB
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 203)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -29.09, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 32.33, 205.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0943 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.102 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4601, 44.6412, 63.3416)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C2CB #CB5A51

analogous

#51CB97 #51C2CB #5185CB

triadic

#51C2CB #CB51C2 #C2CB51

tetradic

#51C2CB #9751CB #CB5A51 #85CB51

square

#51C2CB #9751CB #CB5A51 #85CB51

split-complementary

#51C2CB #CB5185 #CB9751

monochromatic

#25767C #33A3AC #51C2CB #80D3D9 #AFE3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#51C2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#51C2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2CB

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C2CB	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.102 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4da',
    500: '#51c2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c2cb;
$custom-light: #8fd4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.426,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75318,
    "c": 0.10203,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C2CB

secondary

#D5A6A3

accent

#554ADD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2CB

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

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