#51CABA#51CABA

#51CABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.110 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CABA
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 186)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -37.47, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 37.53, 183.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.11 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.11 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3728, 47.5321, 53.8607)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CABA #CA5161

analogous

#51CA7D #51CABA #519DCA

triadic

#51CABA #BA51CA #CABA51

tetradic

#51CABA #7D51CA #CA5161 #9DCA51

square

#51CABA #7D51CA #CA5161 #9DCA51

split-complementary

#51CABA #CA519D #CA7D51

monochromatic

#257B70 #34AA9A #51CABA #80D8CD #AFE7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#51CABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#51CABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CABA

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CABA	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51caba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.110 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edace',
    500: '#51caba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51caba;
$custom-light: #8edace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51caba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.066,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7667,
    "c": 0.11023,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CABA

secondary

#D5A2A9

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CABA

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

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