#51C2D8#51C2D8

#51C2D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.106 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#51C2D8
RGBrgb(81, 194, 216)
HSLhsl(190, 63%, 58%)
HSVhsv(190, 63%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(62.5%, 10.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(73.08, -25.33, -20.53)
CIE-LCHlch(73.08, 32.61, 219.02°)
OKLaboklab(75.8% -0.089 -0.057)
OKLCHoklch(75.8% 0.106 212.6)
XYZxyz(35.0747, 45.2871, 71.8452)
Luminance0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#51C2D8 #D86751
analogous
#51D8AA #51C2D8 #517ED8
triadic
#51C2D8 #D851C2 #C2D851
tetradic
#51C2D8 #AA51D8 #D86751 #7ED851
square
#51C2D8 #AA51D8 #D86751 #7ED851
split-complementary
#51C2D8 #D8517E #D8AA51
monochromatic
#207D8F #2BA8C1 #51C2D8 #83D4E3 #B5E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#51C2D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06
#51C2D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C2D8
10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##51C2D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##51C2D81.002.0910.0610.06
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0621.001.001.00
##00000010.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1BCD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DADD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #51c2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 194, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.106 212.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d4e4',
    500: '#51c2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #51c2d8;
$custom-light: #90d4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#51c2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.10568,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#51C2D8
secondary
#DDB0A8
accent
#5C41E6
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FAFB
border
#CCD3D4
text
#0E1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C2D8

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#51C2D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva