#51CBD7#51CBD7

#51CBD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.108 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBD7
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 215)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -30.04, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 34.07, 208.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0987 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.108 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0098, 49.3635, 71.8545)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBD7 #D75D51

analogous

#51D7A0 #51CBD7 #5188D7

triadic

#51CBD7 #D751CB #CBD751

tetradic

#51CBD7 #A051D7 #D75D51 #88D751

square

#51CBD7 #A051D7 #D75D51 #88D751

split-complementary

#51CBD7 #D75188 #D7A051

monochromatic

#20838D #2CB2BF #51CBD7 #83DAE2 #B5E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CBD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#51CBD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBD7

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBD7	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC3D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.108 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbe3',
    500: '#51cbd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbd7;
$custom-light: #90dbe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.373,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77882,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBD7

secondary

#DDACA7

accent

#5142E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBD7

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

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