#51CABD#51CABD

#51CABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.109 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CABD
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 6.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, -36.69, -3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 36.87, 185.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.1087 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.109 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6950, 47.6610, 55.5580)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CABD #CA515E

analogous

#51CA81 #51CABD #519ACA

triadic

#51CABD #BD51CA #CABD51

tetradic

#51CABD #8151CA #CA515E #9ACA51

square

#51CABD #8151CA #CA515E #9ACA51

split-complementary

#51CABD #CA519A #CA8151

monochromatic

#257B72 #34AA9D #51CABD #80D8CF #AFE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#51CABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#51CABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CABD

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CABD	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cabd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.109 185.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cabd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.554,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76763,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CABD

secondary

#D5A2A8

accent

#4B5BDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CABD

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

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