#51BFC8#51BFC8

#51BFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFC8
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -28.47, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 31.70, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0923 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4451, 43.1777, 61.2566)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFC8 #C85A51

analogous

#51C896 #51BFC8 #5183C8

triadic

#51BFC8 #C851BF #BFC851

tetradic

#51BFC8 #9651C8 #C85A51 #83C851

square

#51BFC8 #9651C8 #C85A51 #83C851

split-complementary

#51BFC8 #C85183 #C89651

monochromatic

#267279 #359EA7 #51BFC8 #80D0D7 #AEE1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#51BFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#51BFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFC8

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFC8	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAAC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d8',
    500: '#51bfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfc8;
$custom-light: #8ed2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.538,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74497,
    "c": 0.10008,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFC8

secondary

#D3A5A1

accent

#574CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFC8

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

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