#51BBCE#51BBCE

#51BBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.100 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BBCE
RGB	rgb(81, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -24.76, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 31.03, 217.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0857 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.1 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2997, 41.7429, 64.7355)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BBCE #CE6451

analogous

#51CEA3 #51BBCE #517DCE

triadic

#51BBCE #CE51BB #BBCE51

tetradic

#51BBCE #A351CE #CE6451 #7DCE51

square

#51BBCE #A351CE #CE6451 #7DCE51

split-complementary

#51BBCE #CE517D #CEA351

monochromatic

#247280 #329DB0 #51BBCE #81CEDB #B1E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#51BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#51BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BBCE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BBCE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.100 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ecfdd',
    500: '#51bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bbce;
$custom-light: #8ecfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73771,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BBCE

secondary

#D7ABA4

accent

#5F48DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BBCE

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

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