#51CDBE#51CDBE

#51CDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDBE
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(173, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -37.81, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 37.91, 184.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.1114 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.112 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5147, 49.1261, 56.3685)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDBE #CD5160

analogous

#51CD80 #51CDBE #519ECD

triadic

#51CDBE #BE51CD #CDBE51

tetradic

#51CDBE #8051CD #CD5160 #9ECD51

square

#51CDBE #8051CD #CD5160 #9ECD51

split-complementary

#51CDBE #CD519E #CD8051

monochromatic

#257F74 #32AFA0 #51CDBE #81DBD0 #B0E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#51CDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#51CDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDBE

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDBE	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd1',
    500: '#51cdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdbe;
$custom-light: #8fddd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.742,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77518,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDBE

secondary

#D7A3A9

accent

#495BDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDBE

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

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