#51BFAF#51BFAF

#51BFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.103 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFAF
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -35.23, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 35.26, 182.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.1032 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.103 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7585, 42.1031, 47.1076)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFAF #BF5161

analogous

#51BF78 #51BFAF #5198BF

triadic

#51BFAF #AF51BF #BFAF51

tetradic

#51BFAF #7851BF #BF5161 #98BF51

square

#51BFAF #7851BF #BF5161 #98BF51

split-complementary

#51BFAF #BF5198 #BF7851

monochromatic

#286D63 #399A8C #51BFAF #7ECFC4 #AAE0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#51BFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#51BFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFAF

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFAF	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.103 182.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7366,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFAF

secondary

#CE9EA5

accent

#5265D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFAF

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

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