#51CABE#51CABE

#51CABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.109 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CABE
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -36.43, -4.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 36.66, 186.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.1083 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.109 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8040, 47.7046, 56.1316)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CABE #CA515D

analogous

#51CA82 #51CABE #5199CA

triadic

#51CABE #BE51CA #CABE51

tetradic

#51CABE #8251CA #CA515D #99CA51

square

#51CABE #8251CA #CA515D #99CA51

split-complementary

#51CABE #CA5199 #CA8251

monochromatic

#257B73 #34AA9E #51CABE #80D8D0 #AFE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#51CABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#51CABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CABE

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CABE	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.109 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edad1',
    500: '#51cabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cabe;
$custom-light: #8edad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.05,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76795,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CABE

secondary

#D5A2A7

accent

#4B5ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CABE

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

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