#51CED8#51CED8

#51CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CED8
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -31.21, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 34.72, 206.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.1013 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8540, 50.8457, 72.7717)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CED8 #D85B51

analogous

#51D89E #51CED8 #518BD8

triadic

#51CED8 #D851CE #CED851

tetradic

#51CED8 #9E51D8 #D85B51 #8BD851

square

#51CED8 #9E51D8 #D85B51 #8BD851

split-complementary

#51CED8 #D8518B #D89E51

monochromatic

#20868F #2BB6C1 #51CED8 #83DCE3 #B5EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#51CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#51CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CED8

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CED8	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde4',
    500: '#51ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ced8;
$custom-light: #91dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78625,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CED8

secondary

#944039

accent

#4E41E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CED8

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

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