#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
RGBrgb(81, 203, 215)
HSLhsl(185, 63%, 58%)
HSVhsv(185, 62%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(62.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.68, -30.04, -16.06)
CIE-LCHlch(75.68, 34.07, 208.13°)
OKLaboklab(77.88% -0.0987 -0.0445)
OKLCHoklch(77.88% 0.108 204.3)
XYZxyz(37.0098, 49.3635, 71.8545)
Luminance0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##51CBD71.001.9310.8710.87
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8721.001.001.00
##00000010.8721.001.001.00

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

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#51CBD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva