#51CADA#51CADA

#51CADA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.109 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CADA
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -28.70, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 33.86, 212.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0964 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.109 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1634, 49.0484, 73.8248)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CADA #DA6151

analogous

#51DAA5 #51CADA #5185DA

triadic

#51CADA #DA51CA #CADA51

tetradic

#51CADA #A551DA #DA6151 #85DA51

square

#51CADA #A551DA #DA6151 #85DA51

split-complementary

#51CADA #DA5185 #DAA551

monochromatic

#1F8492 #2AB2C4 #51CADA #83D9E5 #B6E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#51CADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#51CADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CADA

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CADA	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.109 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dae5',
    500: '#51cada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cada;
$custom-light: #91dae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.007,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77756,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CADA

secondary

#DEAFA8

accent

#5440E8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CADA

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

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