#51CFE2#51CFE2

#51CFE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.112 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CFE2
RGB	rgb(81, 207, 226)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -28.82, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 34.90, 214.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0983 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.112 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4278, 51.8617, 79.8691)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CFE2 #E26451

analogous

#51E2AC #51CFE2 #5186E2

triadic

#51CFE2 #E251CF #CFE251

tetradic

#51CFE2 #AC51E2 #E26451 #86E251

square

#51CFE2 #AC51E2 #E26451 #86E251

split-complementary

#51CFE2 #E25186 #E2AC51

monochromatic

#1A8D9E #23BCD3 #51CFE2 #85DDEB #BAECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#51CFE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#51CFE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFE2

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CFE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CFE2	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cfe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.112 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92deeb',
    500: '#51cfe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cfe2;
$custom-light: #92deeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cfe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.862,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79226,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CFE2

secondary

#A14436

accent

#2B12D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CFE2

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

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