#51CFAE#51CFAE

#51CFAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.122 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CFAE
RGB	rgb(81, 207, 174)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 15.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -42.70, 6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 43.13, 171.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.53% -0.1207 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(77.53% 0.122 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3425, 49.4275, 47.8195)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CFAE #CF5172

analogous

#51CF6F #51CFAE #51B1CF

triadic

#51CFAE #AE51CF #CFAE51

tetradic

#51CFAE #6F51CF #CF5172 #B1CF51

square

#51CFAE #6F51CF #CF5172 #B1CF51

split-complementary

#51CFAE #CF51B1 #CF6F51

monochromatic

#248269 #31B290 #51CFAE #81DCC4 #B1E9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#51CFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFAE

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CFAE	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.122 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edec6',
    500: '#51cfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cfae;
$custom-light: #8edec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.286,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77534,
    "c": 0.12173,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CFAE

secondary

#D8A4B2

accent

#4870E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CFAE

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

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