#51ADBE#51ADBE

#51ADBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.090 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51ADBE
RGB	rgb(81, 173, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -22.33, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 28.04, 217.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.077 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.09 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6274, 35.3515, 54.0728)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51ADBE #BE6251

analogous

#51BE98 #51ADBE #5176BE

triadic

#51ADBE #BE51AD #ADBE51

tetradic

#51ADBE #9851BE #BE6251 #76BE51

square

#51ADBE #9851BE #BE6251 #76BE51

split-complementary

#51ADBE #BE5176 #BE9851

monochromatic

#28626C #398A99 #51ADBE #7EC2CF #AAD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#51ADBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#51ADBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51ADBE

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51ADBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51ADBE	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51adbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 173, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.090 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc5d1',
    500: '#51adbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51adbe;
$custom-light: #8cc5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51adbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.358,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69839,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51ADBE

secondary

#CDA59E

accent

#6753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51ADBE

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

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