#51CBDC#51CBDC

#51CBDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.109 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CBDC
RGB	rgb(81, 203, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -28.61, -18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 34.08, 212.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0966 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.109 208)
XYZ	xyz(37.6621, 49.6245, 75.2899)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CBDC #DC6251

analogous

#51DCA8 #51CBDC #5186DC

triadic

#51CBDC #DC51CB #CBDC51

tetradic

#51CBDC #A851DC #DC6251 #86DC51

square

#51CBDC #A851DC #DC6251 #86DC51

split-complementary

#51CBDC #DC5186 #DCA851

monochromatic

#1E8695 #28B4C8 #51CBDC #84DAE6 #B7E9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#51CBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#51CBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CBDC

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CBDC	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 203, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.109 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dbe6',
    500: '#51cbdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cbdc;
$custom-light: #91dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.338,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78065,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.49629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CBDC

secondary

#E0B0A9

accent

#533EE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CBDC

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

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