#51CAE1#51CAE1

#51CAE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.111 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAE1
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -26.66, -21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 34.18, 218.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.0936 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.111 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0988, 49.4225, 78.7512)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAE1 #E16851

analogous

#51E1B0 #51CAE1 #5182E1

triadic

#51CAE1 #E151CA #CAE151

tetradic

#51CAE1 #B051E1 #E16851 #82E151

square

#51CAE1 #B051E1 #E16851 #82E151

split-complementary

#51CAE1 #E15182 #E1B051

monochromatic

#1B889D #24B5D1 #51CAE1 #85DAEA #B9EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CAE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#51CAE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAE1

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAE1	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.111 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91daea',
    500: '#51cae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cae1;
$custom-light: #91daea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7802,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAE1

secondary

#E3B4AB

accent

#573AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAE1

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

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