#51BFB8#51BFB8

#51BFB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFB8
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -32.87, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 33.40, 190.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0992 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.101 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6721, 42.4685, 51.9189)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFB8 #BF5158

analogous

#51BF81 #51BFB8 #518FBF

triadic

#51BFB8 #B851BF #BFB851

tetradic

#51BFB8 #8151BF #BF5158 #8FBF51

square

#51BFB8 #8151BF #BF5158 #8FBF51

split-complementary

#51BFB8 #BF518F #BF8151

monochromatic

#286D69 #399A94 #51BFB8 #7ECFCA #AAE0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#51BFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#51BFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFB8

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFB8	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)

#B5B6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A9B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2cd',
    500: '#51bfb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfb8;
$custom-light: #8dd2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73947,
    "c": 0.10056,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFB8

secondary

#CE9EA1

accent

#525AD6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFB8

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

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