#51CFE8#51CFE8

#51CFE8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.115 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CFE8
RGB	rgb(81, 207, 232)
HSL	hsl(190, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -27.06, -22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 35.26, 219.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0959 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.115 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2656, 52.1968, 84.2812)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CFE8 #E86A51

analogous

#51E8B6 #51CFE8 #5184E8

triadic

#51CFE8 #E851CF #CFE851

tetradic

#51CFE8 #B651E8 #E86A51 #84E851

square

#51CFE8 #B651E8 #E86A51 #84E851

split-complementary

#51CFE8 #E85184 #E8B651

monochromatic

#1690A8 #1DBEDE #51CFE8 #87DEEF #BDEDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#51CFE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#51CFE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFE8

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CFE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CFE8	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC8E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.115 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92deef',
    500: '#51cfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cfe8;
$custom-light: #92deef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.934,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79453,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CFE8

secondary

#AA4733

accent

#2E0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CFE8

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

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