#51BCCD#51BCCD

#51BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.100 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BCCD
RGB	rgb(81, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -25.55, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 31.12, 214.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0871 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.1 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3915, 42.1202, 64.1687)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BCCD #CD6251

analogous

#51CDA0 #51BCCD #517ECD

triadic

#51BCCD #CD51BC #BCCD51

tetradic

#51BCCD #A051CD #CD6251 #7ECD51

square

#51BCCD #A051CD #CD6251 #7ECD51

split-complementary

#51BCCD #CD517E #CDA051

monochromatic

#25737F #329EAF #51BCCD #81CEDB #B0E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#51BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#51BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BCCD

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BCCD	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.100 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed0dc',
    500: '#51bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bccd;
$custom-light: #8ed0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.226,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73969,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BCCD

secondary

#D7AAA3

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BCCD

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

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