#51BECA#51BECA

#51BECA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.100 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BECA
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -27.41, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 31.43, 209.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0905 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.1 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4630, 42.8372, 62.4232)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BECA #CA5D51

analogous

#51CA99 #51BECA #5182CA

triadic

#51BECA #CA51BE #BECA51

tetradic

#51BECA #9951CA #CA5D51 #82CA51

square

#51BECA #9951CA #CA5D51 #82CA51

split-complementary

#51BECA #CA5182 #CA9951

monochromatic

#25737B #349EAA #51BECA #80D0D8 #AFE1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#51BECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#51BECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BECA

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BECA	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51beca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.100 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2da',
    500: '#51beca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51beca;
$custom-light: #8ed2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51beca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.95,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74332,
    "c": 0.09998,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BECA

secondary

#D5A7A2

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BECA

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

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