#51CADE#51CADE

#51CADE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.110 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CADE
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, -27.54, -19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 33.99, 215.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.0948 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.11 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6932, 49.2603, 76.6148)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CADE #DE6551

analogous

#51DEAC #51CADE #5183DE

triadic

#51CADE #DE51CA #CADE51

tetradic

#51CADE #AC51DE #DE6551 #83DE51

square

#51CADE #AC51DE #DE6551 #83DE51

split-complementary

#51CADE #DE5183 #DEAC51

monochromatic

#1D8698 #27B4CB #51CADE #84DAE8 #B8E9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CADE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#51CADE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CADE

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CADE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CADE	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cade;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.110 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dae8',
    500: '#51cade',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cade;
$custom-light: #91dae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cade",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.511,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77905,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CADE

secondary

#E1B2AA

accent

#563DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CADE

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

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