#51CCBC#51CCBC

#51CCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.111 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCBC
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 7.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -37.87, -2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 37.93, 183.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.1113 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.111 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0592, 48.5624, 55.1457)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCBC #CC5161

analogous

#51CC7E #51CCBC #519ECC

triadic

#51CCBC #BC51CC #CCBC51

tetradic

#51CCBC #7E51CC #CC5161 #9ECC51

square

#51CCBC #7E51CC #CC5161 #9ECC51

split-complementary

#51CCBC #CC519E #CC7E51

monochromatic

#257E72 #33AD9D #51CCBC #80DACE #B0E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#51CCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#51CCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCBC

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCBC	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ccbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.111 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdcd0',
    500: '#51ccbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ccbc;
$custom-light: #8fdcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ccbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.195,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77215,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCBC

secondary

#D6A3AA

accent

#4A5DDE

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCBC

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

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