#51BECF#51BECF

#51BECF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.101 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BECF
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, -25.97, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 31.52, 214.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0884 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.101 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0646, 43.0778, 65.5917)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BECF #CF6251

analogous

#51CFA1 #51BECF #517FCF

triadic

#51BECF #CF51BE #BECF51

tetradic

#51BECF #A151CF #CF6251 #7FCF51

square

#51BECF #A151CF #CF6251 #7FCF51

split-complementary

#51BECF #CF517F #CFA151

monochromatic

#247582 #31A0B2 #51BECF #81D0DC #B1E2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#51BECF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#51BECF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BECF

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BECF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BECF	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51becf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.101 209.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51becf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.095,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74518,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BECF

secondary

#D8ABA4

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BECF

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

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