#51CEDF#51CEDF

#51CEDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.111 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEDF
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 223)
HSL	hsl(187, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 7.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -29.20, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 34.65, 212.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0985 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.111 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7783, 51.2155, 77.6396)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEDF #DF6251

analogous

#51DFA9 #51CEDF #5187DF

triadic

#51CEDF #DF51CE #CEDF51

tetradic

#51CEDF #A951DF #DF6251 #87DF51

square

#51CEDF #A951DF #DF6251 #87DF51

split-complementary

#51CEDF #DF5187 #DFA951

monochromatic

#1C8A99 #26B9CD #51CEDF #85DDE9 #B8EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#51CEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#51CEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEDF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEDF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC7E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.111 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde9',
    500: '#51cedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cedf;
$custom-light: #91dde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.183,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7888,
    "c": 0.11127,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEDF

secondary

#9D4337

accent

#513CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEDF

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

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