#51CEDE#51CEDE

#51CEDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.111 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEDE
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -29.49, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 34.64, 211.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0989 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.111 207)
XYZ	xyz(38.6439, 51.1617, 76.9317)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEDE #DE6151

analogous

#51DEA8 #51CEDE #5187DE

triadic

#51CEDE #DE51CE #CEDE51

tetradic

#51CEDE #A851DE #DE6151 #87DE51

square

#51CEDE #A851DE #DE6151 #87DE51

split-complementary

#51CEDE #DE5187 #DEA851

monochromatic

#1D8A98 #27B9CB #51CEDE #84DCE8 #B8EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#51CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#51CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEDE

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEDE	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.111 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde8',
    500: '#51cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cede;
$custom-light: #91dde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.809,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78843,
    "c": 0.111,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.51166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEDE

secondary

#9C4337

accent

#513DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEDE

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

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