#51CAB2#51CAB2

#51CAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAB2
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 178)
HSL	hsl(168, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 11.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.32, -39.50, 1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.32, 39.55, 177.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.1136 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.114 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5460, 47.2014, 49.5064)
Luminance	0.4721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAB2 #CA5169

analogous

#51CA75 #51CAB2 #51A5CA

triadic

#51CAB2 #B251CA #CAB251

tetradic

#51CAB2 #7551CA #CA5169 #A5CA51

square

#51CAB2 #7551CA #CA5169 #A5CA51

split-complementary

#51CAB2 #CA51A5 #CA7551

monochromatic

#257B6A #34AA93 #51CAB2 #80D8C7 #AFE7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#51CAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#51CAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAB2

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAB2	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbc9',
    500: '#51cab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cab2;
$custom-light: #8edbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.099,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76429,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAB2

secondary

#D5A2AC

accent

#4B68DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAB2

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

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