#51BFAA#51BFAA

#51BFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFAA
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -36.50, 1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 36.52, 178.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.1054 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.105 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2765, 41.9103, 44.5690)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFAA #BF5166

analogous

#51BF73 #51BFAA #519DBF

triadic

#51BFAA #AA51BF #BFAA51

tetradic

#51BFAA #7351BF #BF5166 #9DBF51

square

#51BFAA #7351BF #BF5166 #9DBF51

split-complementary

#51BFAA #BF519D #BF7351

monochromatic

#286D60 #399A88 #51BFAA #7ECFC0 #AAE0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#51BFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#51BFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFAA

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFAA	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3c3',
    500: '#51bfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfaa;
$custom-light: #8cd3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73508,
    "c": 0.10547,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFAA

secondary

#CE9EA7

accent

#526BD6

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFAA

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

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