#51BCBF#51BCBF

#51BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.098 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BCBF
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -29.53, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 31.43, 200.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0929 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.098 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7765, 41.4743, 55.6635)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BCBF #BF5451

analogous

#51BF8B #51BCBF #5185BF

triadic

#51BCBF #BF51BC #BCBF51

tetradic

#51BCBF #8B51BF #BF5451 #85BF51

square

#51BCBF #8B51BF #BF5451 #85BF51

split-complementary

#51BCBF #BF5185 #BF8B51

monochromatic

#286B6D #39979A #51BCBF #7ECDCF #AADEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#51BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#51BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BCBF

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BCBF	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.098 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0d2',
    500: '#51bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bcbf;
$custom-light: #8dd0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73461,
    "c": 0.09759,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BCBF

secondary

#CEA09E

accent

#5652D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BCBF

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

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