#51BEBE#51BEBE

#51BEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEBE
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -30.77, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 32.17, 196.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0955 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.099 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0971, 42.2908, 55.2293)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEBE #BE5151

analogous

#51BE87 #51BEBE #5187BE

triadic

#51BEBE #BE51BE #BEBE51

tetradic

#51BEBE #8751BE #BE5151 #87BE51

square

#51BEBE #8751BE #BE5151 #87BE51

split-complementary

#51BEBE #BE5187 #BE8751

monochromatic

#286C6C #399999 #51BEBE #7ECFCF #AADFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#51BEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#51BEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEBE

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEBE	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2d1',
    500: '#51bebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bebe;
$custom-light: #8dd2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73907,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEBE

secondary

#CD9E9E

accent

#5353D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEBE

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

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