#51BDAE#51BDAE

#51BDAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BDAE
RGB	rgb(81, 189, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -34.56, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 34.60, 182.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.1015 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.102 183)
XYZ	xyz(29.2275, 41.1976, 46.4478)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BDAE #BD5160

analogous

#51BD78 #51BDAE #5196BD

triadic

#51BDAE #AE51BD #BDAE51

tetradic

#51BDAE #7851BD #BD5160 #96BD51

square

#51BDAE #7851BD #BD5160 #96BD51

split-complementary

#51BDAE #BD5196 #BD7851

monochromatic

#296B62 #39978A #51BDAE #7DCEC3 #AADFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#51BDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#51BDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BDAE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BDAE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bdae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 189, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1c6',
    500: '#51bdae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bdae;
$custom-light: #8cd1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bdae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73142,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.41201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BDAE

secondary

#CC9EA4

accent

#5365D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BDAE

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

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