#51BCAF#51BCAF

#51BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BCAF
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -33.83, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 33.94, 184.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0999 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.1 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1110, 40.8080, 46.8917)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BCAF #BC515E

analogous

#51BC79 #51BCAF #5194BC

triadic

#51BCAF #AF51BC #BCAF51

tetradic

#51BCAF #7951BC #BC515E #94BC51

square

#51BCAF #7951BC #BC515E #94BC51

split-complementary

#51BCAF #BC5194 #BC7951

monochromatic

#296A62 #3A968B #51BCAF #7DCDC3 #A9DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#51BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#51BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BCAF

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BCAF	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0c6',
    500: '#51bcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bcaf;
$custom-light: #8cd0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.71,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7293,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BCAF

secondary

#CC9DA3

accent

#5463D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BCAF

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

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