#51BEAD#51BEAD

#51BEAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEAD
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 173)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -35.28, -0.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 35.29, 181.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.103 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.103 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3462, 41.5905, 46.0083)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEAD #BE5162

analogous

#51BE76 #51BEAD #5198BE

triadic

#51BEAD #AD51BE #BEAD51

tetradic

#51BEAD #7651BE #BE5162 #98BE51

square

#51BEAD #7651BE #BE5162 #98BE51

split-complementary

#51BEAD #BE5198 #BE7651

monochromatic

#286C62 #39998A #51BEAD #7ECFC2 #AADFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#51BEAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#51BEAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEAD

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEAD	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2c5',
    500: '#51bead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bead;
$custom-light: #8cd2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.642,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73355,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEAD

secondary

#CD9EA5

accent

#5367D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEAD

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

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