#51CECC#51CECC

#51CECC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.109 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CECC
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -34.54, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 35.78, 195.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.1064 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.109 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3589, 50.2477, 64.8977)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CECC #CE5153

analogous

#51CE8E #51CECC #5192CE

triadic

#51CECC #CC51CE #CECC51

tetradic

#51CECC #8E51CE #CE5153 #92CE51

square

#51CECC #8E51CE #CE5153 #92CE51

split-complementary

#51CECC #CE5192 #CE8E51

monochromatic

#24807F #32B0AE #51CECC #81DBDA #B1E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#51CECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CECC

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CECC	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.109 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dddb',
    500: '#51cecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cecc;
$custom-light: #90dddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.04,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7821,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CECC

secondary

#883B3D

accent

#484BDF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CECC

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

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