#51BFA9#51BFA9

#51BFA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#51BFA9
RGBrgb(81, 191, 169)
HSLhsl(168, 46%, 53%)
HSVhsv(168, 58%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(57.6%, 0%, 11.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.78, -36.75, 1.68)
CIE-LCHlch(70.78, 36.79, 177.38°)
OKLaboklab(73.48% -0.1059 0.0039)
OKLCHoklch(73.48% 0.106 177.9)
XYZxyz(29.1823, 41.8726, 44.0727)
Luminance0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#51BFA9 #BF5167
analogous
#51BF72 #51BFA9 #519EBF
triadic
#51BFA9 #A951BF #BFA951
tetradic
#51BFA9 #7251BF #BF5167 #9EBF51
square
#51BFA9 #7251BF #BF5167 #9EBF51
split-complementary
#51BFA9 #BF519E #BF7251
monochromatic
#286D60 #399A87 #51BFA9 #7ECFBF #AAE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24
#51BFA9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38
#51BFA9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFA9
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##51BFA9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##51BFA91.002.249.389.38
#FFFFFF2.241.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3821.001.001.00
##0000009.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8B4A8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7A8AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #51bfa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 177.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3c2',
    500: '#51bfa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #51bfa9;
$custom-light: #8cd3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#51bfa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73479,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#51BFA9
secondary
#CE9EA8
accent
#526CD6
background
#F9FDFB
surface
#F1FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0D1412
muted
#7E8381

Preview Lab

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#51BFA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva