#51CCE3#51CCE3

#51CCE3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.112 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCE3
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 227)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -27.05, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 34.55, 218.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0949 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.112 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8456, 50.4769, 80.3539)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCE3 #E36851

analogous

#51E3B1 #51CCE3 #5183E3

triadic

#51CCE3 #E351CC #CCE351

tetradic

#51CCE3 #B151E3 #E36851 #83E351

square

#51CCE3 #B151E3 #E36851 #83E351

split-complementary

#51CCE3 #E35183 #E3B151

monochromatic

#1A8BA0 #22B8D5 #51CCE3 #86DBEB #BAEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CCE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#51CCE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCE3

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCE3	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.112 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbeb',
    500: '#51cce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cce3;
$custom-light: #92dbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.452,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78563,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCE3

secondary

#A34735

accent

#3011D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCE3

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

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