#51CBAD#51CBAD

#51CBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBAD
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 14.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -41.18, 4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 41.47, 173.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.117 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.118 174)
XYZ	xyz(32.2885, 47.4750, 46.9890)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBAD #CB516F

analogous

#51CB70 #51CBAD #51ACCB

triadic

#51CBAD #AD51CB #CBAD51

tetradic

#51CBAD #7051CB #CB516F #ACCB51

square

#51CBAD #7051CB #CB516F #ACCB51

split-complementary

#51CBAD #CB51AC #CB7051

monochromatic

#257C67 #33AC8E #51CBAD #80D9C3 #AFE7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#51CBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#51CBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBAD

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBAD	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbc5',
    500: '#51cbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbad;
$custom-light: #8edbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.246,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76529,
    "c": 0.11761,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.47478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBAD

secondary

#D5A3AF

accent

#4A6FDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBAD

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

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