#51CBCA#51CBCA

#51CBCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.108 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBCA
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -33.68, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 35.03, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.1041 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.108 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4053, 48.7217, 63.4040)
Luminance	0.4873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBCA #CB5152

analogous

#51CB8D #51CBCA #518FCB

triadic

#51CBCA #CA51CB #CBCA51

tetradic

#51CBCA #8D51CB #CB5152 #8FCB51

square

#51CBCA #8D51CB #CB5152 #8FCB51

split-complementary

#51CBCA #CB518F #CB8D51

monochromatic

#257C7C #33ACAB #51CBCA #80D9D8 #AFE7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#51CBCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#51CBCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBCA

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBCA	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.108 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdbda',
    500: '#51cbca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbca;
$custom-light: #8fdbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.508,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77427,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBCA

secondary

#D5A3A3

accent

#4A4CDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBCA

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

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