#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
RGBrgb(81, 190, 198)
HSLhsl(184, 51%, 55%)
HSVhsv(184, 59%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(59.1%, 4%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(71.32, -28.55, -13.39)
CIE-LCHlch(71.32, 31.53, 205.12°)
OKLaboklab(74.19% -0.0921 -0.037)
OKLCHoklch(74.19% 0.099 201.9)
XYZxyz(31.9955, 42.6502, 59.9613)
Luminance0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##51BEC61.002.209.539.53
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5321.001.001.00
##0000009.5321.001.001.00

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

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#51BEC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva