#51BFB0#51BFB0

#51BFB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.103 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFB0
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 176)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -34.98, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 35.03, 183.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.1027 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.103 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8571, 42.1425, 47.6267)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFB0 #BF5160

analogous

#51BF79 #51BFB0 #5197BF

triadic

#51BFB0 #B051BF #BFB051

tetradic

#51BFB0 #7951BF #BF5160 #97BF51

square

#51BFB0 #7951BF #BF5160 #97BF51

split-complementary

#51BFB0 #BF5197 #BF7951

monochromatic

#286D64 #399A8D #51BFB0 #7ECFC4 #AAE0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#51BFB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#51BFB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFB0

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFB0	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B5AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.103 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd3c7',
    500: '#51bfb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfb0;
$custom-light: #8cd3c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFB0

secondary

#CE9EA5

accent

#5264D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFB0

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

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