#51CCDE#51CCDE

#51CCDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.110 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCDE
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -28.52, -19.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 34.30, 213.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0969 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.11 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1655, 50.2049, 76.7722)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCDE #DE6351

analogous

#51DEAA #51CCDE #5185DE

triadic

#51CCDE #DE51CC #CCDE51

tetradic

#51CCDE #AA51DE #DE6351 #85DE51

square

#51CCDE #AA51DE #DE6351 #85DE51

split-complementary

#51CCDE #DE5185 #DEAA51

monochromatic

#1D8898 #27B6CB #51CCDE #84DBE8 #B8EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#51CCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCDE

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCDE	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ccde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.110 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dce8',
    500: '#51ccde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ccde;
$custom-light: #91dce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ccde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.11035,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCDE

secondary

#9C4437

accent

#533DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCDE

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

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