#51BFB7#51BFB7

#51BFB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFB7
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 183)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -33.14, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 33.58, 189.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0996 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.101 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5676, 42.4268, 51.3688)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFB7 #BF5159

analogous

#51BF80 #51BFB7 #5190BF

triadic

#51BFB7 #B751BF #BFB751

tetradic

#51BFB7 #8051BF #BF5159 #90BF51

square

#51BFB7 #8051BF #BF5159 #90BF51

split-complementary

#51BFB7 #BF5190 #BF8051

monochromatic

#286D68 #399A93 #51BFB7 #7ECFCA #AAE0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#51BFB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#51BFB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFB7

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFB7	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B6B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3cc',
    500: '#51bfb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfb7;
$custom-light: #8dd3cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.636,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73914,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFB7

secondary

#CE9EA2

accent

#525CD6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFB7

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

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