#51CACE#51CACE

#51CACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CACE
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -32.10, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 34.29, 200.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.1014 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.107 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6496, 48.4429, 65.8522)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CACE #CE5551

analogous

#51CE94 #51CACE #518CCE

triadic

#51CACE #CE51CA #CACE51

tetradic

#51CACE #9451CE #CE5551 #8CCE51

square

#51CACE #9451CE #CE5551 #8CCE51

split-complementary

#51CACE #CE518C #CE9451

monochromatic

#247D80 #32ACB0 #51CACE #81D9DB #B1E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#51CACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#51CACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CACE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CACE	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dadc',
    500: '#51cace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cace;
$custom-light: #90dadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.92,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77326,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CACE

secondary

#D7A5A4

accent

#4D48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CACE

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

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