#51CECB#51CECB

#51CECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.110 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CECB
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 203)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -34.81, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 35.91, 194.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.1068 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.11 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2394, 50.1999, 64.2680)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CECB #CE5154

analogous

#51CE8D #51CECB #5193CE

triadic

#51CECB #CB51CE #CECB51

tetradic

#51CECB #8D51CE #CE5154 #93CE51

square

#51CECB #8D51CE #CE5154 #93CE51

split-complementary

#51CECB #CE5193 #CE8D51

monochromatic

#24807E #32B0AD #51CECB #81DBD9 #B1E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#51CECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CECB

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CECB	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.110 192.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.56,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78176,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CECB

secondary

#883B3D

accent

#484CDF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CECB

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

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