#51CCE4#51CCE4

#51CCE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.113 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCE4
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -26.76, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 34.63, 219.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0945 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.113 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9840, 50.5323, 81.0829)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCE4 #E46951

analogous

#51E4B2 #51CCE4 #5182E4

triadic

#51CCE4 #E451CC #CCE451

tetradic

#51CCE4 #B251E4 #E46951 #82E451

square

#51CCE4 #B251E4 #E46951 #82E451

split-complementary

#51CCE4 #E45182 #E4B251

monochromatic

#198BA2 #21B9D7 #51CCE4 #86DCEC #BBEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#51CCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCE4

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCE4	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.113 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92dbec',
    500: '#51cce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cce4;
$custom-light: #92dbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78601,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCE4

secondary

#A44735

accent

#3010D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCE4

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

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