#51BDAF#51BDAF

#51BDAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BDAF
RGB	rgb(81, 189, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -34.30, -2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 34.37, 183.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.101 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.101 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3254, 41.2368, 46.9632)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BDAF #BD515F

analogous

#51BD79 #51BDAF #5195BD

triadic

#51BDAF #AF51BD #BDAF51

tetradic

#51BDAF #7951BD #BD515F #95BD51

square

#51BDAF #7951BD #BD515F #95BD51

split-complementary

#51BDAF #BD5195 #BD7951

monochromatic

#296B62 #39978B #51BDAF #7DCEC3 #AADFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#51BDAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#51BDAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BDAF

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BDAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BDAF	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bdaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 189, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1c6',
    500: '#51bdaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bdaf;
$custom-light: #8cd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bdaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.222,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73173,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BDAF

secondary

#CC9EA4

accent

#5364D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BDAF

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

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