#51CFE5#51CFE5

#51CFE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.114 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CFE5
RGB	rgb(81, 207, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -27.94, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 35.04, 217.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0971 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.114 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8431, 52.0278, 82.0561)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CFE5 #E56751

analogous

#51E5B1 #51CFE5 #5185E5

triadic

#51CFE5 #E551CF #CFE551

tetradic

#51CFE5 #B151E5 #E56751 #85E551

square

#51CFE5 #B151E5 #E56751 #85E551

split-complementary

#51CFE5 #E55185 #E5B151

monochromatic

#188FA3 #20BDD8 #51CFE5 #86DEED #BBECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#51CFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#51CFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFE5

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CFE5	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC8E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cfe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.114 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92deed',
    500: '#51cfe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cfe5;
$custom-light: #92deed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cfe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79338,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CFE5

secondary

#A64535

accent

#2D0FD6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CFE5

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

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