#51BCA2#51BCA2

#51BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BCA2
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -37.11, 3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 37.32, 173.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.1058 0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.106 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8951, 40.3217, 40.4882)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BCA2 #BC516B

analogous

#51BC6D #51BCA2 #51A0BC

triadic

#51BCA2 #A251BC #BCA251

tetradic

#51BCA2 #6D51BC #BC516B #A0BC51

square

#51BCA2 #6D51BC #BC516B #A0BC51

split-complementary

#51BCA2 #BC51A0 #BC6D51

monochromatic

#296A5A #3A9680 #51BCA2 #7DCDBA #A9DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#51BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#51BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BCA2

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BCA2	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1bd',
    500: '#51bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bca2;
$custom-light: #8bd1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.421,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72538,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BCA2

secondary

#CC9DA8

accent

#5473D4

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BCA2

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

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