#51BFCA#51BFCA

#51BFCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.100 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51BFCA
RGB	rgb(81, 191, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -27.90, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 31.65, 208.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0915 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.1 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6803, 43.2718, 62.4957)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51BFCA #CA5C51

analogous

#51CA99 #51BFCA #5182CA

triadic

#51BFCA #CA51BF #BFCA51

tetradic

#51BFCA #9951CA #CA5C51 #82CA51

square

#51BFCA #9951CA #CA5C51 #82CA51

split-complementary

#51BFCA #CA5182 #CA9951

monochromatic

#25737B #349FAA #51BFCA #80D0D8 #AFE2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#51BFCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#51BFCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51BFCA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51BFCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51BFCA	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)

#B1B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51bfca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 191, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.100 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed2da',
    500: '#51bfca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51bfca;
$custom-light: #8ed2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51bfca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74569,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51BFCA

secondary

#D5A7A2

accent

#584BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #51BFCA

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

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