#51BECD#51BECD

#51BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.101 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BECD
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -26.55, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 31.46, 212.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0892 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.101 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8217, 42.9806, 64.3121)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BECD #CD6051

analogous

#51CD9E #51BECD #5180CD

triadic

#51BECD #CD51BE #BECD51

tetradic

#51BECD #9E51CD #CD6051 #80CD51

square

#51BECD #9E51CD #CD6051 #80CD51

split-complementary

#51BECD #CD5180 #CD9E51

monochromatic

#25747F #32A0AF #51BECD #81D0DB #B0E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#51BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#51BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BECD

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BECD	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.101 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2dc',
    500: '#51becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51becd;
$custom-light: #8ed2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.258,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74443,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BECD

secondary

#D7A9A3

accent

#5B49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BECD

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

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