#51CCE2#51CCE2

#51CCE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.112 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCE2
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 9.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -27.35, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 34.48, 217.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0953 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.112 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7079, 50.4219, 79.6292)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCE2 #E26751

analogous

#51E2AF #51CCE2 #5184E2

triadic

#51CCE2 #E251CC #CCE251

tetradic

#51CCE2 #AF51E2 #E26751 #84E251

square

#51CCE2 #AF51E2 #E26751 #84E251

split-complementary

#51CCE2 #E25184 #E2AF51

monochromatic

#1A8A9E #23B8D3 #51CCE2 #85DBEB #BAEBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#51CCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCE2

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCE2	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.112 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dceb',
    500: '#51cce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cce2;
$custom-light: #92dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.103,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78525,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCE2

secondary

#A14636

accent

#2F12D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCE2

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

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