#51BECE#51BECE

#51BECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.101 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BECE
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -26.26, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 31.48, 213.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0888 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.101 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9427, 43.0291, 64.9499)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BECE #CE6151

analogous

#51CEA0 #51BECE #5180CE

triadic

#51BECE #CE51BE #BECE51

tetradic

#51BECE #A051CE #CE6151 #80CE51

square

#51BECE #A051CE #CE6151 #80CE51

split-complementary

#51BECE #CE5180 #CEA051

monochromatic

#247580 #32A0B0 #51BECE #81D0DB #B1E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#51BECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#51BECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BECE

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BECE	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.101 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2dd',
    500: '#51bece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bece;
$custom-light: #8fd2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.68,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7448,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BECE

secondary

#D7AAA4

accent

#5C48DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BECE

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

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