#51CBD6#51CBD6

#51CBD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.108 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBD6
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 214)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, -30.33, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 34.09, 207.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0991 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.108 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.8817, 49.3123, 71.1798)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBD6 #D65C51

analogous

#51D69E #51CBD6 #5189D6

triadic

#51CBD6 #D651CB #CBD651

tetradic

#51CBD6 #9E51D6 #D65C51 #89D651

square

#51CBD6 #9E51D6 #D65C51 #89D651

split-complementary

#51CBD6 #D65189 #D69E51

monochromatic

#21838C #2DB1BD #51CBD6 #83DAE2 #B4E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CBD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#51CBD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBD6

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBD6	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.108 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbe2',
    500: '#51cbd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbd6;
$custom-light: #90dbe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.962,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77845,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBD6

secondary

#DCABA7

accent

#5043E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBD6

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

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