#51BFAE#51BFAE

#51BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFAE
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -35.49, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 35.50, 181.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1036 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.104 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6607, 42.0640, 46.5922)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFAE #BF5162

analogous

#51BF77 #51BFAE #5199BF

triadic

#51BFAE #AE51BF #BFAE51

tetradic

#51BFAE #7751BF #BF5162 #99BF51

square

#51BFAE #7751BF #BF5162 #99BF51

split-complementary

#51BFAE #BF5199 #BF7751

monochromatic

#286D63 #399A8B #51BFAE #7ECFC3 #AAE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#51BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#51BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFAE

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFAE	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3c6',
    500: '#51bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfae;
$custom-light: #8cd3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.727,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7363,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFAE

secondary

#CE9EA6

accent

#5266D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFAE

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

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