#51CFB5#51CFB5

#51CFB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.118 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CFB5
RGB	rgb(81, 207, 181)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 12.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -40.99, 2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 41.07, 176.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.1176 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.118 177)
XYZ	xyz(34.0427, 49.7076, 51.5076)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CFB5 #CF516B

analogous

#51CF76 #51CFB5 #51AACF

triadic

#51CFB5 #B551CF #CFB551

tetradic

#51CFB5 #7651CF #CF516B #AACF51

square

#51CFB5 #7651CF #CF516B #AACF51

split-complementary

#51CFB5 #CF51AA #CF7651

monochromatic

#24826E #31B297 #51CFB5 #81DCC9 #B1E9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#51CFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#51CFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFB5

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CFB5	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.118 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdecb',
    500: '#51cfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cfb5;
$custom-light: #8fdecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.619,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77732,
    "c": 0.11774,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.49711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CFB5

secondary

#D8A4AF

accent

#4867E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CFB5

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

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