#51CDBA#51CDBA

#51CDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDBA
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 186)
HSL	hsl(171, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 9.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -38.84, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 38.84, 181.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.1132 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.113 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0835, 48.9536, 54.0976)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDBA #CD5164

analogous

#51CD7C #51CDBA #51A2CD

triadic

#51CDBA #BA51CD #CDBA51

tetradic

#51CDBA #7C51CD #CD5164 #A2CD51

square

#51CDBA #7C51CD #CD5164 #A2CD51

split-complementary

#51CDBA #CD51A2 #CD7C51

monochromatic

#257F71 #32AF9C #51CDBA #81DBCD #B0E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#51CDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#51CDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDBA

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDBA	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddce',
    500: '#51cdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdba;
$custom-light: #8fddce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.806,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77395,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDBA

secondary

#D7A3AB

accent

#4960DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDBA

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

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