#51CBC3#51CBC3

#51CBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.109 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBC3
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 195)
HSL	hsl(176, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 3.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -35.57, -6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 36.10, 189.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.1071 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.109 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5952, 48.3977, 59.1377)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBC3 #CB5159

analogous

#51CB86 #51CBC3 #5196CB

triadic

#51CBC3 #C351CB #CBC351

tetradic

#51CBC3 #8651CB #CB5159 #96CB51

square

#51CBC3 #8651CB #CB5159 #96CB51

split-complementary

#51CBC3 #CB5196 #CB8651

monochromatic

#257C77 #33ACA4 #51CBC3 #80D9D3 #AFE7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#51CBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#51CBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBC3

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBC3	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.109 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbd5',
    500: '#51cbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbc3;
$custom-light: #8fdbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.066,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77195,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBC3

secondary

#D5A3A6

accent

#4A54DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBC3

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

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