#51BEBB#51BEBB

#51BEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEBB
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -31.59, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 32.56, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0968 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.099 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7726, 42.1610, 53.5202)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEBB #BE5154

analogous

#51BE84 #51BEBB #518ABE

triadic

#51BEBB #BB51BE #BEBB51

tetradic

#51BEBB #8451BE #BE5154 #8ABE51

square

#51BEBB #8451BE #BE5154 #8ABE51

split-complementary

#51BEBB #BE518A #BE8451

monochromatic

#286C6A #399996 #51BEBB #7ECFCC #AADFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#51BEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#51BEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEBB

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEBB	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2cf',
    500: '#51bebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bebb;
$custom-light: #8dd2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.349,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73805,
    "c": 0.09925,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEBB

secondary

#CD9E9F

accent

#5356D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEBB

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

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