#51CDBC#51CDBC

#51CDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDBC
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 188)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -38.32, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 38.36, 182.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.1123 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.112 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2976, 49.0392, 55.2252)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDBC #CD5162

analogous

#51CD7E #51CDBC #51A0CD

triadic

#51CDBC #BC51CD #CDBC51

tetradic

#51CDBC #7E51CD #CD5162 #A0CD51

square

#51CDBC #7E51CD #CD5162 #A0CD51

split-complementary

#51CDBC #CD51A0 #CD7E51

monochromatic

#257F73 #32AF9E #51CDBC #81DBCE #B0E8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#51CDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#51CDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDBC

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDBC	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd0',
    500: '#51cdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdbc;
$custom-light: #8fddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.774,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77456,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDBC

secondary

#D7A3AA

accent

#495EDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDBC

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

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