#51CBBE#51CBBE

#51CBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.110 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBBE
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -36.89, -3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 37.07, 185.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.1093 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.11 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0394, 48.1754, 56.2101)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBBE #CB515E

analogous

#51CB81 #51CBBE #519BCB

triadic

#51CBBE #BE51CB #CBBE51

tetradic

#51CBBE #8151CB #CB515E #9BCB51

square

#51CBBE #8151CB #CB515E #9BCB51

split-complementary

#51CBBE #CB519B #CB8151

monochromatic

#257C73 #33AC9F #51CBBE #80D9D0 #AFE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#51CBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#51CBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBBE

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBBE	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.110 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbd1',
    500: '#51cbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbbe;
$custom-light: #8fdbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.607,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77036,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBBE

secondary

#D5A3A8

accent

#4A5ADD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBBE

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

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