#51BEC8#51BEC8

#51BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BEC8
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -27.98, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 31.46, 207.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0913 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2277, 42.7431, 61.1842)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BEC8 #C85B51

analogous

#51C896 #51BEC8 #5182C8

triadic

#51BEC8 #C851BE #BEC851

tetradic

#51BEC8 #9651C8 #C85B51 #82C851

square

#51BEC8 #9651C8 #C85B51 #82C851

split-complementary

#51BEC8 #C85182 #C89651

monochromatic

#267279 #359DA7 #51BEC8 #80CFD7 #AEE1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#51BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#51BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BEC8

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BEC8	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2d8',
    500: '#51bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bec8;
$custom-light: #8ed2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.042,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.09959,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BEC8

secondary

#D3A6A1

accent

#584CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BEC8

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

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