#51BEC2#51BEC2

#51BEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.099 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEC2
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -29.67, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 31.78, 201.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0938 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.099 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5403, 42.4681, 57.5634)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEC2 #C25551

analogous

#51C28E #51BEC2 #5186C2

triadic

#51BEC2 #C251BE #BEC251

tetradic

#51BEC2 #8E51C2 #C25551 #86C251

square

#51BEC2 #8E51C2 #C25551 #86C251

split-complementary

#51BEC2 #C25186 #C28E51

monochromatic

#286E71 #379B9E #51BEC2 #7ECFD2 #ACE0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#51BEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#51BEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEC2

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEC2	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.099 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d4',
    500: '#51bec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bec2;
$custom-light: #8ed2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.124,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74045,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEC2

secondary

#D0A19F

accent

#5550D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEC2

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

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