#51CABB#51CABB

#51CABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.110 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CABB
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 187)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -37.21, -2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 37.30, 183.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.1096 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.11 184)
XYZ	xyz(33.4795, 47.5748, 54.4225)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CABB #CA5160

analogous

#51CA7E #51CABB #519CCA

triadic

#51CABB #BB51CA #CABB51

tetradic

#51CABB #7E51CA #CA5160 #9CCA51

square

#51CABB #7E51CA #CA5160 #9CCA51

split-complementary

#51CABB #CA519C #CA7E51

monochromatic

#257B70 #34AA9B #51CABB #80D8CD #AFE7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#51CABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#51CABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CABB

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CABB	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.110 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edacf',
    500: '#51cabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cabb;
$custom-light: #8edacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.562,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76701,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.47578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CABB

secondary

#D5A2A8

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CABB

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

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