#51CADD#51CADD

#51CADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.109 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CADD
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -27.83, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 33.95, 214.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0952 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.109 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5595, 49.2068, 75.9110)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CADD #DD6451

analogous

#51DDAA #51CADD #5184DD

triadic

#51CADD #DD51CA #CADD51

tetradic

#51CADD #AA51DD #DD6451 #84DD51

square

#51CADD #AA51DD #DD6451 #84DD51

split-complementary

#51CADD #DD5184 #DDAA51

monochromatic

#1D8696 #27B3C9 #51CADD #84DAE7 #B7E9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#51CADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#51CADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CADD

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CADD	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.109 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dae7',
    500: '#51cadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cadd;
$custom-light: #91dae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77868,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CADD

secondary

#E0B1AA

accent

#553EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CADD

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

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