#51BFA2#51BFA2

#51BFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFA2
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 162)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(164, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 15.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -38.47, 5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 38.83, 172.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.1091 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.11 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5427, 41.6168, 40.7041)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFA2 #BF516E

analogous

#51BF6B #51BFA2 #51A5BF

triadic

#51BFA2 #A251BF #BFA251

tetradic

#51BFA2 #6B51BF #BF516E #A5BF51

square

#51BFA2 #6B51BF #BF516E #A5BF51

split-complementary

#51BFA2 #BF51A5 #BF6B51

monochromatic

#286D5B #399A80 #51BFA2 #7ECFBA #AAE0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#51BFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#51BFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFA2

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFA2	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B4A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3bd',
    500: '#51bfa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfa2;
$custom-light: #8cd3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73276,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFA2

secondary

#CE9EAB

accent

#5275D6

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFA2

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

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