#51C2BF#51C2BF

#51C2BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C2BF
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 0%, 1.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -32.41, -8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 33.41, 194.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0994 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.102 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0850, 44.0912, 56.0997)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C2BF #C25154

analogous

#51C287 #51C2BF #518DC2

triadic

#51C2BF #BF51C2 #C2BF51

tetradic

#51C2BF #8751C2 #C25154 #8DC251

square

#51C2BF #8751C2 #C25154 #8DC251

split-complementary

#51C2BF #C2518D #C28751

monochromatic

#28716F #379E9C #51C2BF #7ED2D0 #ACE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#51C2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#51C2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2BF

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C2BF	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5d2',
    500: '#51c2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c2bf;
$custom-light: #8ed5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.407,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74902,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C2BF

secondary

#D09FA1

accent

#5054D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2BF

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

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