#51D4E7#51D4E7

#51D4E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.115 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D4E7
RGB	rgb(81, 212, 231)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -29.79, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 35.84, 213.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.1013 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.115 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3545, 54.6013, 83.9454)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D4E7 #E76451

analogous

#51E7AF #51D4E7 #5189E7

triadic

#51D4E7 #E751D4 #D4E751

tetradic

#51D4E7 #AF51E7 #E76451 #89E751

square

#51D4E7 #AF51E7 #E76451 #89E751

split-complementary

#51D4E7 #E75189 #E7AF51

monochromatic

#1794A7 #1EC4DC #51D4E7 #87E1EE #BDEFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#51D4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#51D4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D4E7

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D4E7	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 212, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.115 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e1ee',
    500: '#51d4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d4e7;
$custom-light: #93e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.6,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80579,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D4E7

secondary

#A84334

accent

#270ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D4E7

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

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