#51CEB5#51CEB5

#51CEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.117 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEB5
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 181)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 12.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -40.55, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 40.60, 176.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.1165 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.117 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8012, 49.2246, 51.4271)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEB5 #CE516A

analogous

#51CE77 #51CEB5 #51A9CE

triadic

#51CEB5 #B551CE #CEB551

tetradic

#51CEB5 #7751CE #CE516A #A9CE51

square

#51CEB5 #7751CE #CE516A #A9CE51

split-complementary

#51CEB5 #CE51A9 #CE7751

monochromatic

#24806E #32B097 #51CEB5 #81DBC9 #B1E9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#51CEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#51CEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEB5

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEB5	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ceb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.117 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eddcb',
    500: '#51ceb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ceb5;
$custom-light: #8eddcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ceb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77489,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEB5

secondary

#D7A4AE

accent

#4867DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEB5

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

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