#51CAE2#51CAE2

#51CAE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.111 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CAE2
RGB	rgb(81, 202, 226)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -26.36, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 34.26, 219.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.0932 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.111 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2356, 49.4773, 79.4717)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CAE2 #E26951

analogous

#51E2B1 #51CAE2 #5181E2

triadic

#51CAE2 #E251CA #CAE251

tetradic

#51CAE2 #B151E2 #E26951 #81E251

square

#51CAE2 #B151E2 #E26951 #81E251

split-complementary

#51CAE2 #E25181 #E2B151

monochromatic

#1A889E #23B6D3 #51CAE2 #85DAEB #BAEAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#51CAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CAE2

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CAE2	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 202, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.111 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91daeb',
    500: '#51cae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cae2;
$custom-light: #91daeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.931,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CAE2

secondary

#E3B5AC

accent

#3212D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CAE2

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

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