#51C0BF#51C0BF

#51C0BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C0BF
RGB	rgb(81, 192, 191)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -31.46, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 32.72, 195.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0972 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.1 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6429, 43.2070, 55.9523)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C0BF #C05152

analogous

#51C087 #51C0BF #5189C0

triadic

#51C0BF #BF51C0 #C0BF51

tetradic

#51C0BF #8751C0 #C05152 #89C051

square

#51C0BF #8751C0 #C05152 #89C051

split-complementary

#51C0BF #C05189 #C08751

monochromatic

#286F6E #389B9B #51C0BF #7ED0D0 #ABE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#51C0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#51C0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C0BF

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C0BF	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)

#B5B7BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 192, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd3d2',
    500: '#51c0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c0bf;
$custom-light: #8dd3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.459,
    "s": 46.835,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74421,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C0BF

secondary

#CE9F9F

accent

#5153D6

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C0BF

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

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