#51CCE1#51CCE1

#51CCE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.111 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCE1
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -27.64, -20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 34.42, 216.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0957 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.111 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5711, 50.3671, 78.9086)
Luminance	0.5037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCE1 #E16651

analogous

#51E1AE #51CCE1 #5184E1

triadic

#51CCE1 #E151CC #CCE151

tetradic

#51CCE1 #AE51E1 #E16651 #84E151

square

#51CCE1 #AE51E1 #E16651 #84E151

split-complementary

#51CCE1 #E15184 #E1AE51

monochromatic

#1B8A9D #24B8D1 #51CCE1 #85DBEA #B9EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CCE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#51CCE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCE1

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCE1	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.111 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dcea',
    500: '#51cce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cce1;
$custom-light: #91dcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78487,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCE1

secondary

#A04636

accent

#553AED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCE1

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

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