#51BEBD#51BEBD

#51BEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEBD
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -31.05, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 32.29, 195.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0959 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.099 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9882, 42.2472, 54.6557)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEBD #BE5152

analogous

#51BE87 #51BEBD #5188BE

triadic

#51BEBD #BD51BE #BEBD51

tetradic

#51BEBD #8751BE #BE5152 #88BE51

square

#51BEBD #8751BE #BE5152 #88BE51

split-complementary

#51BEBD #BE5188 #BE8751

monochromatic

#286C6C #399998 #51BEBD #7ECFCE #AADFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#51BEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#51BEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEBD

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEBD	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 194.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.45,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEBD

secondary

#CD9E9E

accent

#5354D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEBD

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

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