#51CBAE#51CBAE

#51CBAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBAE
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 174)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -40.93, 4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 41.17, 173.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.1165 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.117 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3856, 47.5139, 47.5006)
Luminance	0.4752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBAE #CB516E

analogous

#51CB71 #51CBAE #51ABCB

triadic

#51CBAE #AE51CB #CBAE51

tetradic

#51CBAE #7151CB #CB516E #ABCB51

square

#51CBAE #7151CB #CB516E #ABCB51

split-complementary

#51CBAE #CB51AB #CB7151

monochromatic

#257C68 #33AC8F #51CBAE #80D9C4 #AFE7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#51CBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#51CBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBAE

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#C4BFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbc6',
    500: '#51cbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbae;
$custom-light: #8edbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.738,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76557,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBAE

secondary

#D5A3AF

accent

#4A6DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBAE

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

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