#51CBB1#51CBB1

#51CBB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.115 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBB1
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 177)
HSL	hsl(167, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 12.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -40.20, 2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 40.30, 175.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.1151 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.115 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6814, 47.6322, 49.0581)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBB1 #CB516B

analogous

#51CB74 #51CBB1 #51A8CB

triadic

#51CBB1 #B151CB #CBB151

tetradic

#51CBB1 #7451CB #CB516B #A8CB51

square

#51CBB1 #7451CB #CB516B #A8CB51

split-complementary

#51CBB1 #CB51A8 #CB7451

monochromatic

#257C6A #33AC92 #51CBB1 #80D9C6 #AFE7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#51CBB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#51CBB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBB1

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBB1	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BFB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.115 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbc8',
    500: '#51cbb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbb1;
$custom-light: #8edbc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.213,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76643,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBB1

secondary

#D5A3AD

accent

#4A6ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBB1

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

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