#51CBB8#51CBB8

#51CBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.112 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBB8
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 184)
HSL	hsl(171, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 9.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -38.44, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 38.45, 180.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% -0.112 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.112 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3970, 47.9184, 52.8272)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBB8 #CB5164

analogous

#51CB7B #51CBB8 #51A1CB

triadic

#51CBB8 #B851CB #CBB851

tetradic

#51CBB8 #7B51CB #CB5164 #A1CB51

square

#51CBB8 #7B51CB #CB5164 #A1CB51

split-complementary

#51CBB8 #CB51A1 #CB7B51

monochromatic

#257C6F #33AC99 #51CBB8 #80D9CB #AFE7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#51CBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#51CBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBB8

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBB8	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B2BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.112 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbcd',
    500: '#51cbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbb8;
$custom-light: #8edbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.656,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7685,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBB8

secondary

#D5A3AA

accent

#4A61DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBB8

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

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