#51CEC2#51CEC2

#51CEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.111 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEC2
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 194)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -37.22, -4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 37.47, 186.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.1107 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.111 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1979, 49.7833, 58.7827)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEC2 #CE515D

analogous

#51CE84 #51CEC2 #519CCE

triadic

#51CEC2 #C251CE #CEC251

tetradic

#51CEC2 #8451CE #CE515D #9CCE51

square

#51CEC2 #8451CE #CE515D #9CCE51

split-complementary

#51CEC2 #CE519C #CE8451

monochromatic

#248078 #32B0A4 #51CEC2 #81DBD3 #B1E9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#51CEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#51CEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEC2

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEC2	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.111 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd4',
    500: '#51cec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cec2;
$custom-light: #8fddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.24,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77884,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEC2

secondary

#D7A4A9

accent

#4857DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEC2

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

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