#51BEBF#51BEBF

#51BEBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.099 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEBF
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -30.50, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 32.06, 197.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0951 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.099 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.2067, 42.3347, 55.8069)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEBF #BF5251

analogous

#51BF89 #51BEBF #5187BF

triadic

#51BEBF #BF51BE #BEBF51

tetradic

#51BEBF #8951BF #BF5251 #87BF51

square

#51BEBF #8951BF #BF5251 #87BF51

split-complementary

#51BEBF #BF5187 #BF8951

monochromatic

#286D6D #39999A #51BEBF #7ECFCF #AADFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#51BEBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#51BEBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEBF

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEBF	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.099 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd2d2',
    500: '#51bebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bebf;
$custom-light: #8dd2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.545,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73941,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEBF

secondary

#CE9F9E

accent

#5352D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEBF

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

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