#51CECA#51CECA

#51CECA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.110 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CECA
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 202)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -35.09, -8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 36.06, 193.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.1072 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.11 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1206, 50.1524, 63.6424)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CECA #CE5155

analogous

#51CE8C #51CECA #5194CE

triadic

#51CECA #CA51CE #CECA51

tetradic

#51CECA #8C51CE #CE5155 #94CE51

square

#51CECA #8C51CE #CE5155 #94CE51

split-complementary

#51CECA #CE5194 #CE8C51

monochromatic

#24807D #32B0AC #51CECA #81DBD9 #B1E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#51CECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CECA

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CECA	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ceca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.110 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ddda',
    500: '#51ceca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ceca;
$custom-light: #90ddda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ceca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.08,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78143,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CECA

secondary

#883B3E

accent

#484DDF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CECA

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

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