#51BEA2#51BEA2

#51BEA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEA2
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 162)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(165, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 14.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -38.02, 4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 38.32, 172.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.108 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.109 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3254, 41.1821, 40.6316)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEA2 #BE516D

analogous

#51BE6B #51BEA2 #51A3BE

triadic

#51BEA2 #A251BE #BEA251

tetradic

#51BEA2 #6B51BE #BE516D #A3BE51

square

#51BEA2 #6B51BE #BE516D #A3BE51

split-complementary

#51BEA2 #BE51A3 #BE6B51

monochromatic

#286C5B #399980 #51BEA2 #7ECFBA #AADFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#51BEA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#51BEA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEA2

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEA2	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)

#B8B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A7A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2bd',
    500: '#51bea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bea2;
$custom-light: #8cd2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.587,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEA2

secondary

#CD9EAA

accent

#5374D5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEA2

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

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