#51CBC5#51CBC5

#51CBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.108 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBC5
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 197)
HSL	hsl(177, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -35.03, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 35.76, 191.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.1063 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.108 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8229, 48.4888, 60.3366)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBC5 #CB5157

analogous

#51CB88 #51CBC5 #5194CB

triadic

#51CBC5 #C551CB #CBC551

tetradic

#51CBC5 #8851CB #CB5157 #94CB51

square

#51CBC5 #8851CB #CB5157 #94CB51

split-complementary

#51CBC5 #CB5194 #CB8851

monochromatic

#257C78 #33ACA6 #51CBC5 #80D9D5 #AFE7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#51CBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#51CBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBC5

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBC5	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.108 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbd6',
    500: '#51cbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbc5;
$custom-light: #8fdbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7726,
    "c": 0.10813,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBC5

secondary

#D5A3A5

accent

#4A52DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBC5

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

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