#51BEC6#51BEC6

#51BEC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEC6
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 198)
HSL	hsl(184, 51%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -28.55, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 31.53, 205.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0921 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9955, 42.6502, 59.9613)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEC6 #C65951

analogous

#51C694 #51BEC6 #5183C6

triadic

#51BEC6 #C651BE #BEC651

tetradic

#51BEC6 #9451C6 #C65951 #83C651

square

#51BEC6 #9451C6 #C65951 #83C651

split-complementary

#51BEC6 #C65183 #C69451

monochromatic

#277176 #369DA4 #51BEC6 #7FCFD5 #ADE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#51BEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#51BEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEC6

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEC6	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d7',
    500: '#51bec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bec6;
$custom-light: #8ed2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.103,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74187,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEC6

secondary

#D2A4A1

accent

#574EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEC6

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

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