#51DAE2#51DAE2

#51DAE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DAE2
RGB	rgb(81, 218, 226)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -34.08, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 37.18, 203.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.1094 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1862, 57.3785, 80.7886)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DAE2 #E25951

analogous

#51E2A1 #51DAE2 #5192E2

triadic

#51DAE2 #E251DA #DAE251

tetradic

#51DAE2 #A151E2 #E25951 #92E251

square

#51DAE2 #A151E2 #E25951 #92E251

split-complementary

#51DAE2 #E25192 #E2A151

monochromatic

#1A979E #23C9D3 #51DAE2 #85E5EB #BAF0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DAE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#51DAE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DAE2

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DAE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DAE2	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 218, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6eb',
    500: '#51dae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dae2;
$custom-light: #93e6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.31,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81803,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DAE2

secondary

#A13C36

accent

#1D12D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DAE2

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

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