#51CBAB#51CBAB

#51CBAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBAB
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 171)
HSL	hsl(164, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 15.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -41.66, 5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 42.07, 171.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.1179 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.119 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0965, 47.3982, 45.9775)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBAB #CB5171

analogous

#51CB6E #51CBAB #51AECB

triadic

#51CBAB #AB51CB #CBAB51

tetradic

#51CBAB #6E51CB #CB5171 #AECB51

square

#51CBAB #6E51CB #CB5171 #AECB51

split-complementary

#51CBAB #CB51AE #CB6E51

monochromatic

#257C66 #33AC8C #51CBAB #80D9C2 #AFE7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#51CBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#51CBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBAB

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBAB	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbc4',
    500: '#51cbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbab;
$custom-light: #8edbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.262,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76473,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBAB

secondary

#D5A3B0

accent

#4A71DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBAB

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

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