#51BEBA#51BEBA

#51BEBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEBA
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -31.86, -7.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 32.70, 193.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0972 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.099 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6659, 42.1183, 52.9584)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEBA #BE5155

analogous

#51BE83 #51BEBA #518BBE

triadic

#51BEBA #BA51BE #BEBA51

tetradic

#51BEBA #8351BE #BE5155 #8BBE51

square

#51BEBA #8351BE #BE5155 #8BBE51

split-complementary

#51BEBA #BE518B #BE8351

monochromatic

#286C6A #399995 #51BEBA #7ECFCC #AADFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#51BEBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#51BEBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEBA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEBA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51beba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2ce',
    500: '#51beba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51beba;
$custom-light: #8dd2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51beba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.798,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73772,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEBA

secondary

#CD9EA0

accent

#5357D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEBA

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

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