#51CBCC#51CBCC

#51CBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.107 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBCC
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -33.13, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 34.79, 197.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.1033 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.107 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6436, 48.8171, 64.6592)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBCC #CC5251

analogous

#51CC8F #51CBCC #518DCC

triadic

#51CBCC #CC51CB #CBCC51

tetradic

#51CBCC #8F51CC #CC5251 #8DCC51

square

#51CBCC #8F51CC #CC5251 #8DCC51

split-complementary

#51CBCC #CC518D #CC8F51

monochromatic

#257D7E #33ACAD #51CBCC #80D9DA #B0E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#51CBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#51CBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBCC

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBCC	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.107 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbdb',
    500: '#51cbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbcc;
$custom-light: #90dbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.488,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77495,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBCC

secondary

#D6A3A3

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBCC

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

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