#51C2CA#51C2CA

#51C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.102 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C2CA
RGB	rgb(81, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -29.37, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 32.37, 204.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.0947 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.102 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3413, 44.5937, 62.7160)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C2CA #CA5951

analogous

#51CA95 #51C2CA #5185CA

triadic

#51C2CA #CA51C2 #C2CA51

tetradic

#51C2CA #9551CA #CA5951 #85CA51

square

#51C2CA #9551CA #CA5951 #85CA51

split-complementary

#51C2CA #CA5185 #CA9551

monochromatic

#25757B #34A2AA #51C2CA #80D2D8 #AFE3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#51C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#51C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2CA

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C2CA	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.102 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5da',
    500: '#51c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c2ca;
$custom-light: #8fd5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.967,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75282,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C2CA

secondary

#D5A6A2

accent

#554BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2CA

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

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