#51BEB2#51BEB2

#51BEB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.101 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEB2
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 178)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -33.99, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 34.15, 185.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.1008 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.101 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8391, 41.7876, 48.6041)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEB2 #BE515D

analogous

#51BE7B #51BEB2 #5194BE

triadic

#51BEB2 #B251BE #BEB251

tetradic

#51BEB2 #7B51BE #BE515D #94BE51

square

#51BEB2 #7B51BE #BE515D #94BE51

split-complementary

#51BEB2 #BE5194 #BE7B51

monochromatic

#286C65 #39998E #51BEB2 #7ECFC6 #AADFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#51BEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#51BEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEB2

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEB2	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51beb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.101 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2c9',
    500: '#51beb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51beb2;
$custom-light: #8cd2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51beb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.394,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73511,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEB2

secondary

#CD9EA3

accent

#5361D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEB2

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

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