#51CEC8#51CEC8

#51CEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.110 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEC8
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 2.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -35.63, -7.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 36.37, 191.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.1081 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.11 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8854, 50.0583, 62.4034)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEC8 #CE5157

analogous

#51CE8A #51CEC8 #5196CE

triadic

#51CEC8 #C851CE #CEC851

tetradic

#51CEC8 #8A51CE #CE5157 #96CE51

square

#51CEC8 #8A51CE #CE5157 #96CE51

split-complementary

#51CEC8 #CE5196 #CE8A51

monochromatic

#24807C #32B0AA #51CEC8 #81DBD7 #B1E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#51CEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#51CEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEC8

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEC8	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.110 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddd8',
    500: '#51cec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cec8;
$custom-light: #90ddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.12,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78077,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEC8

secondary

#883B3F

accent

#4850DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEC8

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

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