#51D2E6#51D2E6

#51D2E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.115 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D2E6
RGB	rgb(81, 210, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 8.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -29.11, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 35.50, 214.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0997 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.115 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7168, 53.5512, 83.0381)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D2E6 #E66551

analogous

#51E6AF #51D2E6 #5187E6

triadic

#51D2E6 #E651D2 #D2E651

tetradic

#51D2E6 #AF51E6 #E66551 #87E651

square

#51D2E6 #AF51E6 #E66551 #87E651

split-complementary

#51D2E6 #E65187 #E6AF51

monochromatic

#1892A5 #1FC1DA #51D2E6 #87E0EE #BCEEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#51D2E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#51D2E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D2E6

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D2E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D2E6	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CBE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABBE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 210, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.115 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e0ee',
    500: '#51d2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d2e6;
$custom-light: #92e0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.054,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80076,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D2E6

secondary

#A74434

accent

#290ED7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D2E6

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

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