#51C3BF#51C3BF

#51C3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.103 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C3BF
RGB	rgb(81, 195, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -32.89, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 33.77, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.1004 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.103 192)
XYZ	xyz(32.3083, 44.5378, 56.1741)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C3BF #C35155

analogous

#51C386 #51C3BF #518EC3

triadic

#51C3BF #BF51C3 #C3BF51

tetradic

#51C3BF #8651C3 #C35155 #8EC351

square

#51C3BF #8651C3 #C35155 #8EC351

split-complementary

#51C3BF #C3518E #C38651

monochromatic

#277270 #37A09C #51C3BF #7FD3D0 #ACE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#51C3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#51C3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C3BF

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C3BF	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ACC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 195, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.103 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed5d2',
    500: '#51c3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c3bf;
$custom-light: #8ed5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75142,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.44541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C3BF

secondary

#D0A0A1

accent

#5054D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C3BF

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

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