#51CBCE#51CBCE

#51CBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.107 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBCE
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -32.58, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 34.59, 199.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.1024 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.107 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8850, 48.9136, 65.9306)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBCE #CE5451

analogous

#51CE93 #51CBCE #518DCE

triadic

#51CBCE #CE51CB #CBCE51

tetradic

#51CBCE #9351CE #CE5451 #8DCE51

square

#51CBCE #9351CE #CE5451 #8DCE51

split-complementary

#51CBCE #CE518D #CE9351

monochromatic

#247E80 #32ADB0 #51CBCE #81D9DB #B1E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#51CBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#51CBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBCE

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBCE	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.107 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dbdc',
    500: '#51cbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbce;
$custom-light: #90dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.44,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77563,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBCE

secondary

#D7A5A4

accent

#4C48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBCE

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

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