#51CEBC#51CEBC

#51CEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEBC
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 188)
HSL	hsl(171, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -38.78, -1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 38.80, 181.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.1134 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.113 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5376, 49.5192, 55.3052)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEBC #CE5163

analogous

#51CE7E #51CEBC #51A2CE

triadic

#51CEBC #BC51CE #CEBC51

tetradic

#51CEBC #7E51CE #CE5163 #A2CE51

square

#51CEBC #7E51CE #CE5163 #A2CE51

split-complementary

#51CEBC #CE51A2 #CE7E51

monochromatic

#248073 #32B09E #51CEBC #81DBCE #B1E9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#51CEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEBC

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEBC	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 182.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.36,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77698,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEBC

secondary

#D7A4AB

accent

#485EDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEBC

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

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