#51AEBE#51AEBE

#51AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.091 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AEBE
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -22.84, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 28.19, 215.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0781 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.091 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8199, 35.7364, 54.1369)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AEBE #BE6151

analogous

#51BE97 #51AEBE #5177BE

triadic

#51AEBE #BE51AE #AEBE51

tetradic

#51AEBE #9751BE #BE6151 #77BE51

square

#51AEBE #9751BE #BE6151 #77BE51

split-complementary

#51AEBE #BE5177 #BE9751

monochromatic

#28626C #398B99 #51AEBE #7EC3CF #AAD7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#51AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#51AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AEBE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AEBE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.091 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6d1',
    500: '#51aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aebe;
$custom-light: #8cc6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.807,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70077,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AEBE

secondary

#CDA59E

accent

#6653D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AEBE

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

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