#51CFCE#51CFCE

#51CFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.110 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CFCE
RGB	rgb(81, 207, 206)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -34.47, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 35.85, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.1066 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.11 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8419, 50.8273, 66.2496)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CFCE #CF5152

analogous

#51CF8F #51CFCE #5191CF

triadic

#51CFCE #CE51CF #CFCE51

tetradic

#51CFCE #8F51CF #CF5152 #91CF51

square

#51CFCE #8F51CF #CF5152 #91CF51

split-complementary

#51CFCE #CF5191 #CF8F51

monochromatic

#248281 #31B2B1 #51CFCE #81DCDC #B1E9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#51CFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#51CFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFCE

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CFCE	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)

#C3C5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.110 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dedc',
    500: '#51cfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cfce;
$custom-light: #90dedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.524,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78515,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CFCE

secondary

#893B3C

accent

#4849E0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CFCE

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

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