#51BED2#51BED2

#51BED2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.102 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BED2
RGB	rgb(81, 190, 210)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 9.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -25.09, -19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 31.69, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0872 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.102 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4349, 43.2259, 67.5417)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BED2 #D26551

analogous

#51D2A5 #51BED2 #517ED2

triadic

#51BED2 #D251BE #BED251

tetradic

#51BED2 #A551D2 #D26551 #7ED251

square

#51BED2 #A551D2 #D26551 #7ED251

split-complementary

#51BED2 #D2517E #D2A551

monochromatic

#237786 #2FA2B7 #51BED2 #82D0DF #B2E2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#51BED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#51BED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BED2

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BED2	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB8D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAAD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bed2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 190, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.102 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd2df',
    500: '#51bed2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bed2;
$custom-light: #8fd2df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bed2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.302,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BED2

secondary

#DAADA5

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BED2

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

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