#51CBAF#51CBAF

#51CBAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBAF
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 175)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 13.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -40.69, 3.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 40.87, 174.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1161 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.116 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4835, 47.5530, 48.0159)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBAF #CB516D

analogous

#51CB72 #51CBAF #51AACB

triadic

#51CBAF #AF51CB #CBAF51

tetradic

#51CBAF #7251CB #CB516D #AACB51

square

#51CBAF #7251CB #CB516D #AACB51

split-complementary

#51CBAF #CB51AA #CB7251

monochromatic

#257C68 #33AC90 #51CBAF #80D9C5 #AFE7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#51CBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#51CBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBAF

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBAF	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 175.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.23,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76586,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBAF

secondary

#D5A3AE

accent

#4A6CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBAF

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

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