#51CABC#51CABC

#51CABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.110 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CABC
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -36.95, -3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 37.08, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.1092 -0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.11 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5869, 47.6177, 54.9883)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CABC #CA515F

analogous

#51CA7F #51CABC #519BCA

triadic

#51CABC #BC51CA #CABC51

tetradic

#51CABC #7F51CA #CA515F #9BCA51

square

#51CABC #7F51CA #CA515F #9BCA51

split-complementary

#51CABC #CA519B #CA7F51

monochromatic

#257B71 #34AA9C #51CABC #80D8CE #AFE7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#51CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#51CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CABC

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CABC	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)

#C1BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.110 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edad0',
    500: '#51cabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cabc;
$custom-light: #8edad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.058,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76732,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CABC

secondary

#D5A2A8

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CABC

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

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