#51CECD#51CECD

#51CECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.109 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CECD
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -34.27, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 35.65, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.106 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.109 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4793, 50.2958, 65.5313)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CECD #CE5152

analogous

#51CE8F #51CECD #5191CE

triadic

#51CECD #CD51CE #CECD51

tetradic

#51CECD #8F51CE #CE5152 #91CE51

square

#51CECD #8F51CE #CE5152 #91CE51

split-complementary

#51CECD #CE5191 #CE8F51

monochromatic

#248080 #32B0AF #51CECD #81DBDB #B1E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#51CECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CECD

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CECD	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.109 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dddc',
    500: '#51cecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cecd;
$custom-light: #90dddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.52,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78243,
    "c": 0.1094,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CECD

secondary

#883B3C

accent

#484ADF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CECD

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

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