#51CCCE#51CCCE

#51CCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.108 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCCE
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -33.05, -11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 34.89, 198.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.1035 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.108 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1219, 49.3875, 66.0096)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCCE #CE5351

analogous

#51CE92 #51CCCE #518ECE

triadic

#51CCCE #CE51CC #CCCE51

tetradic

#51CCCE #9251CE #CE5351 #8ECE51

square

#51CCCE #9251CE #CE5351 #8ECE51

split-complementary

#51CCCE #CE518E #CE9251

monochromatic

#247F80 #32AEB0 #51CCCE #81DADB #B1E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#51CCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCCE

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCCE	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ccce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.108 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcdc',
    500: '#51ccce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ccce;
$custom-light: #90dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ccce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77801,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCCE

secondary

#D7A4A4

accent

#4B48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCCE

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

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