#51CDCE#51CDCE

#51CDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.109 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDCE
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -33.52, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 35.20, 197.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.1045 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.109 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3604, 49.8643, 66.0891)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDCE #CE5251

analogous

#51CE91 #51CDCE #518FCE

triadic

#51CDCE #CE51CD #CDCE51

tetradic

#51CDCE #9151CE #CE5251 #8FCE51

square

#51CDCE #9151CE #CE5251 #8FCE51

split-complementary

#51CDCE #CE518F #CE9151

monochromatic

#248080 #32AFB0 #51CDCE #81DBDB #B1E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#51CDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#51CDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDCE

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDCE	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.109 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcdc',
    500: '#51cdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdce;
$custom-light: #90dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.48,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78039,
    "c": 0.10866,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDCE

secondary

#D7A4A4

accent

#4A48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDCE

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

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