#51BEAA#51BEAA

#51BEAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEAA
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 170)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -36.04, 0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 36.05, 178.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.1043 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.104 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0592, 41.4757, 44.4966)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEAA #BE5165

analogous

#51BE73 #51BEAA #519BBE

triadic

#51BEAA #AA51BE #BEAA51

tetradic

#51BEAA #7351BE #BE5165 #9BBE51

square

#51BEAA #7351BE #BE5165 #9BBE51

split-complementary

#51BEAA #BE519B #BE7351

monochromatic

#286C60 #399987 #51BEAA #7ECFC0 #AADFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#51BEAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#51BEAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEAA

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEAA	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51beaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2c3',
    500: '#51beaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51beaa;
$custom-light: #8cd2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51beaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.991,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEAA

secondary

#CD9EA7

accent

#536BD5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEAA

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

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