#51CACC#51CACC

#51CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CACC
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -32.66, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 34.48, 198.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.1022 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.107 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4082, 48.3463, 64.5807)
Luminance	0.4835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CACC #CC5351

analogous

#51CC90 #51CACC #518CCC

triadic

#51CACC #CC51CA #CACC51

tetradic

#51CACC #9051CC #CC5351 #8CCC51

square

#51CACC #9051CC #CC5351 #8CCC51

split-complementary

#51CACC #CC518C #CC9051

monochromatic

#257C7E #33ABAD #51CACC #80D8DA #B0E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#51CACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#51CACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CACC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CACC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdadb',
    500: '#51cacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cacc;
$custom-light: #8fdadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.976,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77256,
    "c": 0.10673,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CACC

secondary

#D6A4A3

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CACC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →