#51BEAF#51BEAF

#51BEAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEAF
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -34.77, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 34.81, 182.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.1021 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.102 183)
XYZ	xyz(29.5412, 41.6685, 47.0351)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEAF #BE5160

analogous

#51BE78 #51BEAF #5196BE

triadic

#51BEAF #AF51BE #BEAF51

tetradic

#51BEAF #7851BE #BE5160 #96BE51

square

#51BEAF #7851BE #BE5160 #96BE51

split-complementary

#51BEAF #BE5196 #BE7851

monochromatic

#286C63 #39998C #51BEAF #7ECFC3 #AADFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#51BEAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#51BEAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEAF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51beaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 183.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51beaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.743,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73417,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.41671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEAF

secondary

#CD9EA4

accent

#5365D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEAF

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

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