#51BABE#51BABE

#51BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.096 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BABE
RGB	rgb(81, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(182, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -28.83, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 30.92, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0912 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.096 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2426, 40.5818, 54.9445)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BABE #BE5551

analogous

#51BE8B #51BABE #5183BE

triadic

#51BABE #BE51BA #BABE51

tetradic

#51BABE #8B51BE #BE5551 #83BE51

square

#51BABE #8B51BE #BE5551 #83BE51

split-complementary

#51BABE #BE5183 #BE8B51

monochromatic

#286A6C #399599 #51BABE #7ECCCF #AADDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#51BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#51BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BABE

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BABE	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.096 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcfd1',
    500: '#51babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51babe;
$custom-light: #8dcfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.202,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72947,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BABE

secondary

#CDA09E

accent

#5753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BABE

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

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