#51BEBC#51BEBC

#51BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.099 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEBC
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -31.32, -8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 32.42, 194.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.0964 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.099 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8800, 42.2040, 54.0860)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEBC #BE5153

analogous

#51BE85 #51BEBC #5189BE

triadic

#51BEBC #BC51BE #BEBC51

tetradic

#51BEBC #8551BE #BE5153 #89BE51

square

#51BEBC #8551BE #BE5153 #89BE51

split-complementary

#51BEBC #BE5189 #BE8551

monochromatic

#286C6B #399997 #51BEBC #7ECFCD #AADFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#51BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#51BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEBC

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEBC	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.099 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2d0',
    500: '#51bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bebc;
$custom-light: #8dd2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.899,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73839,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEBC

secondary

#CD9E9F

accent

#5355D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEBC

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

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