#51BFBD#51BFBD

#51BFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFBD
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -31.53, -8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 32.64, 194.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.097 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.1 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2055, 42.6819, 54.7281)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFBD #BF5153

analogous

#51BF86 #51BFBD #518ABF

triadic

#51BFBD #BD51BF #BFBD51

tetradic

#51BFBD #8651BF #BF5153 #8ABF51

square

#51BFBD #8651BF #BF5153 #8ABF51

split-complementary

#51BFBD #BF518A #BF8651

monochromatic

#286D6C #399A98 #51BFBD #7ECFCE #AAE0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#51BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#51BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFBD

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFBD	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2d0',
    500: '#51bfbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfbd;
$custom-light: #8dd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.909,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74113,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFBD

secondary

#CE9E9F

accent

#5254D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFBD

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

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