#51BCC2#51BCC2

#51BCC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BCC2
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -28.69, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 31.21, 203.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0917 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1101, 41.6077, 57.4200)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BCC2 #C25751

analogous

#51C290 #51BCC2 #5184C2

triadic

#51BCC2 #C251BC #BCC251

tetradic

#51BCC2 #9051C2 #C25751 #84C251

square

#51BCC2 #9051C2 #C25751 #84C251

split-complementary

#51BCC2 #C25184 #C29051

monochromatic

#286D71 #37999E #51BCC2 #7ECDD2 #ACDFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#51BCC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#51BCC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BCC2

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BCC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BCC2	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bcc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd0d4',
    500: '#51bcc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bcc2;
$custom-light: #8dd0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bcc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.186,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73567,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BCC2

secondary

#D0A29F

accent

#5750D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BCC2

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

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