#51CEDA#51CEDA

#51CEDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEDA
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 218)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -30.64, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 34.66, 207.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.1005 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1141, 50.9498, 74.1417)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEDA #DA5D51

analogous

#51DAA1 #51CEDA #5189DA

triadic

#51CEDA #DA51CE #CEDA51

tetradic

#51CEDA #A151DA #DA5D51 #89DA51

square

#51CEDA #A151DA #DA5D51 #89DA51

split-complementary

#51CEDA #DA5189 #DAA151

monochromatic

#1F8892 #2AB7C4 #51CEDA #83DCE5 #B6EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#51CEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#51CEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEDA

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEDA	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ceda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde5',
    500: '#51ceda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ceda;
$custom-light: #91dde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ceda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.255,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78697,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEDA

secondary

#974139

accent

#4F40E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEDA

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

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