#51BEAE#51BEAE

#51BEAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEAE
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -35.02, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 35.05, 182.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.1025 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.103 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4434, 41.6293, 46.5198)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEAE #BE5161

analogous

#51BE77 #51BEAE #5197BE

triadic

#51BEAE #AE51BE #BEAE51

tetradic

#51BEAE #7751BE #BE5161 #97BE51

square

#51BEAE #7751BE #BE5161 #97BE51

split-complementary

#51BEAE #BE5197 #BE7751

monochromatic

#286C62 #39998B #51BEAE #7ECFC3 #AADFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#51BEAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#51BEAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEAE

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEAE	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51beae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2c6',
    500: '#51beae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51beae;
$custom-light: #8cd2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51beae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.193,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEAE

secondary

#CD9EA5

accent

#5366D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEAE

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

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