#51CFDE#51CFDE

#51CFDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.111 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CFDE
RGB	rgb(81, 207, 222)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -29.97, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 34.83, 210.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0999 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.111 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8854, 51.6447, 77.0122)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CFDE #DE6051

analogous

#51DEA7 #51CFDE #5189DE

triadic

#51CFDE #DE51CF #CFDE51

tetradic

#51CFDE #A751DE #DE6051 #89DE51

square

#51CFDE #A751DE #DE6051 #89DE51

split-complementary

#51CFDE #DE5189 #DEA751

monochromatic

#1D8B98 #27BACB #51CFDE #84DDE8 #B8EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#51CFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#51CFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFDE

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CFDE	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.111 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dee8',
    500: '#51cfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cfde;
$custom-light: #91dee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.383,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79077,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CFDE

secondary

#9C4237

accent

#4F3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CFDE

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

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