#51CBC2#51CBC2

#51CBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.109 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBC2
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 194)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 4.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -35.84, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 36.28, 188.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.1076 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.109 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4825, 48.3526, 58.5442)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBC2 #CB515A

analogous

#51CB85 #51CBC2 #5197CB

triadic

#51CBC2 #C251CB #CBC251

tetradic

#51CBC2 #8551CB #CB515A #97CB51

square

#51CBC2 #8551CB #CB515A #97CB51

split-complementary

#51CBC2 #CB5197 #CB8551

monochromatic

#257C76 #33ACA3 #51CBC2 #80D9D3 #AFE7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#51CBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#51CBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBC2

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBC2	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C1C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB3C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.109 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbd4',
    500: '#51cbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbc2;
$custom-light: #8fdbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.574,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77163,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBC2

secondary

#D5A3A6

accent

#4A55DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBC2

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

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