#51CECE#51CECE

#51CECE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.109 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CECE
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -34.00, -10.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 35.52, 196.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.1055 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.109 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6004, 50.3443, 66.1691)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CECE #CE5151

analogous

#51CE90 #51CECE #5190CE

triadic

#51CECE #CE51CE #CECE51

tetradic

#51CECE #9051CE #CE5151 #90CE51

square

#51CECE #9051CE #CE5151 #90CE51

split-complementary

#51CECE #CE5190 #CE9051

monochromatic

#248080 #32B0B0 #51CECE #81DBDB #B1E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#51CECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CECE

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CECE	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.109 195.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78277,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CECE

secondary

#883B3B

accent

#4848DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CECE

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

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