#51D2E3#51D2E3

#51D2E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.114 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D2E3
RGB	rgb(81, 210, 227)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 7.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -29.98, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 35.42, 212.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.1009 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.114 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2992, 53.3842, 80.8385)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D2E3 #E36251

analogous

#51E3AB #51D2E3 #5189E3

triadic

#51D2E3 #E351D2 #D2E351

tetradic

#51D2E3 #AB51E3 #E36251 #89E351

square

#51D2E3 #AB51E3 #E36251 #89E351

split-complementary

#51D2E3 #E35189 #E3AB51

monochromatic

#1A90A0 #22C0D5 #51D2E3 #86E0EB #BAEDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#51D2E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#51D2E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D2E3

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D2E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D2E3	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CAE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d2e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 210, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.114 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e0eb',
    500: '#51d2e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d2e3;
$custom-light: #92e0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d2e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.986,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79964,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D2E3

secondary

#A34235

accent

#2811D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D2E3

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

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