#51AEBF#51AEBF

#51AEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.091 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51AEBF
RGB	rgb(81, 174, 191)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -22.55, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 28.25, 217.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0777 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.091 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9296, 35.7803, 54.7145)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51AEBF #BF6251

analogous

#51BF99 #51AEBF #5177BF

triadic

#51AEBF #BF51AE #AEBF51

tetradic

#51AEBF #9951BF #BF6251 #77BF51

square

#51AEBF #9951BF #BF6251 #77BF51

split-complementary

#51AEBF #BF5177 #BF9951

monochromatic

#28636D #398B9A #51AEBF #7EC3CF #AAD8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#51AEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#51AEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51AEBF

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51AEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51AEBF	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51aebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 174, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.091 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc6d2',
    500: '#51aebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51aebf;
$custom-light: #8cc6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51aebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70116,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51AEBF

secondary

#CEA69E

accent

#6652D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51AEBF

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

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