#51AEBA#51AEBA

#51AEBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.089 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AEBA
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 186)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -23.99, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 28.03, 211.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0798 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.089 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3887, 35.5640, 51.8660)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AEBA #BA5D51

analogous

#51BA91 #51AEBA #517ABA

triadic

#51AEBA #BA51AE #AEBA51

tetradic

#51AEBA #9151BA #BA5D51 #7ABA51

square

#51AEBA #9151BA #BA5D51 #7ABA51

split-complementary

#51AEBA #BA517A #BA9151

monochromatic

#296068 #3A8993 #51AEBA #7DC2CB #A9D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#51AEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#51AEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AEBA

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AEBA	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A8BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aeba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.089 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc6ce',
    500: '#51aeba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aeba;
$custom-light: #8bc6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aeba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.857,
    "s": 43.21,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69927,
    "c": 0.08928,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AEBA

secondary

#CAA29D

accent

#6355D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AEBA

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

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