#51CFE6#51CFE6

#51CFE6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.114 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#51CFE6
RGBrgb(81, 207, 230)
HSLhsl(189, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(189, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 10%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(77.33, -27.65, -21.63)
CIE-LCHlch(77.33, 35.10, 218.04°)
OKLaboklab(79.38% -0.0967 -0.0601)
OKLCHoklch(79.38% 0.114 211.8)
XYZxyz(39.9831, 52.0838, 82.7936)
Luminance0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#51CFE6 #E66851
analogous
#51E6B2 #51CFE6 #5184E6
triadic
#51CFE6 #E651CF #CFE651
tetradic
#51CFE6 #B251E6 #E66851 #84E651
square
#51CFE6 #B251E6 #E66851 #84E651
split-complementary
#51CFE6 #E65184 #E6B251
monochromatic
#188FA5 #1FBEDA #51CFE6 #87DEEE #BCEDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#51CFE6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42
#51CFE6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFE6
11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##51CFE6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##51CFE61.001.8411.4211.42
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4221.001.001.00
##00000011.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDC8E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7B8E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9D6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #51cfe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.114 211.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92deee',
    500: '#51cfe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #51cfe6;
$custom-light: #92deee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#51cfe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.262,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79377,
    "c": 0.11387,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#51CFE6
secondary
#A74634
accent
#2D0ED7
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

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#51CFE6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva