#51BEAB#51BEAB

#51BEAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEAB
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 10%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -35.79, 0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 35.79, 179.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.1039 0)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.104 180)
XYZ	xyz(29.1542, 41.5136, 44.9967)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEAB #BE5164

analogous

#51BE74 #51BEAB #519BBE

triadic

#51BEAB #AB51BE #BEAB51

tetradic

#51BEAB #7451BE #BE5164 #9BBE51

square

#51BEAB #7451BE #BE5164 #9BBE51

split-complementary

#51BEAB #BE519B #BE7451

monochromatic

#286C60 #399988 #51BEAB #7ECFC1 #AADFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#51BEAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#51BEAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEAB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51beab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2c4',
    500: '#51beab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51beab;
$custom-light: #8cd2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51beab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.541,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73294,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.41517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEAB

secondary

#CD9EA6

accent

#5369D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEAB

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

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