#51CEDC#51CEDC

#51CEDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.111 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEDC
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -30.06, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 34.63, 209.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0997 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.111 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3774, 51.0551, 75.5283)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEDC #DC5F51

analogous

#51DCA5 #51CEDC #5189DC

triadic

#51CEDC #DC51CE #CEDC51

tetradic

#51CEDC #A551DC #DC5F51 #89DC51

square

#51CEDC #A551DC #DC5F51 #89DC51

split-complementary

#51CEDC #DC5189 #DCA551

monochromatic

#1E8995 #28B8C8 #51CEDC #84DCE6 #B7EBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#51CEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#51CEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEDC

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEDC	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.111 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde6',
    500: '#51cedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cedc;
$custom-light: #91dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.043,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7877,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEDC

secondary

#994238

accent

#503EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEDC

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

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