#51BECC#51BECC

#51BECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BECC
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -26.84, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 31.44, 211.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0896 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.1 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7013, 42.9325, 63.6785)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BECC #CC5F51

analogous

#51CC9C #51BECC #5180CC

triadic

#51BECC #CC51BE #BECC51

tetradic

#51BECC #9C51CC #CC5F51 #80CC51

square

#51BECC #9C51CC #CC5F51 #80CC51

split-complementary

#51BECC #CC5180 #CC9C51

monochromatic

#25747E #339FAD #51BECC #80D0DA #B0E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#51BECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#51BECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BECC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BECC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51becc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2db',
    500: '#51becc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51becc;
$custom-light: #8ed2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51becc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.829,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74405,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BECC

secondary

#D6A9A3

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BECC

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

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