#51BFA7#51BFA7

#51BFA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.107 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFA7
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 167)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -37.25, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 37.35, 175.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.1068 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.107 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9960, 41.7981, 43.0915)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFA7 #BF5169

analogous

#51BF70 #51BFA7 #51A0BF

triadic

#51BFA7 #A751BF #BFA751

tetradic

#51BFA7 #7051BF #BF5169 #A0BF51

square

#51BFA7 #7051BF #BF5169 #A0BF51

split-complementary

#51BFA7 #BF51A0 #BF7051

monochromatic

#286D5E #399A85 #51BFA7 #7ECFBE #AAE0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#51BFA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#51BFA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFA7

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFA7	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.107 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3c1',
    500: '#51bfa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfa7;
$custom-light: #8cd3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.909,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7342,
    "c": 0.107,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFA7

secondary

#CE9EA9

accent

#526FD6

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFA7

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

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