#51BFAC#51BFAC

#51BFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFAC
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 172)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 9.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -36.00, 0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 36.00, 179.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1045 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.105 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4672, 41.9866, 45.5730)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFAC #BF5164

analogous

#51BF75 #51BFAC #519BBF

triadic

#51BFAC #AC51BF #BFAC51

tetradic

#51BFAC #7551BF #BF5164 #9BBF51

square

#51BFAC #7551BF #BF5164 #9BBF51

split-complementary

#51BFAC #BF519B #BF7551

monochromatic

#286D61 #399A89 #51BFAC #7ECFC1 #AAE0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#51BFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#51BFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFAC

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFAC	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3c4',
    500: '#51bfac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfac;
$custom-light: #8cd3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFAC

secondary

#CE9EA6

accent

#5269D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFAC

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

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