#51CBC0#51CBC0

#51CBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.109 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBC0
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 192)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 5.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -36.37, -4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 36.66, 187.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.1085 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.109 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2594, 48.2634, 57.3692)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBC0 #CB515C

analogous

#51CB83 #51CBC0 #5199CB

triadic

#51CBC0 #C051CB #CBC051

tetradic

#51CBC0 #8351CB #CB515C #99CB51

square

#51CBC0 #8351CB #CB515C #99CB51

split-complementary

#51CBC0 #CB5199 #CB8351

monochromatic

#257C75 #33ACA1 #51CBC0 #80D9D1 #AFE7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#51CBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#51CBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBC0

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBC0	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.109 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbd3',
    500: '#51cbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbc0;
$custom-light: #8fdbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.59,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77099,
    "c": 0.10926,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBC0

secondary

#D5A3A7

accent

#4A58DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBC0

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

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