#51DCE2#51DCE2

#51DCE2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.118 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCE2
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 226)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -35.02, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 37.71, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.27% -0.1114 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(82.27% 0.118 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7080, 58.4220, 80.9625)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCE2 #E25751

analogous

#51E2A0 #51DCE2 #5193E2

triadic

#51DCE2 #E251DC #DCE251

tetradic

#51DCE2 #A051E2 #E25751 #93E251

square

#51DCE2 #A051E2 #E25751 #93E251

split-complementary

#51DCE2 #E25193 #E2A051

monochromatic

#1A999E #23CBD3 #51DCE2 #85E7EB #BAF1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#51DCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#51DCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCE2

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCE2	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.118 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7eb',
    500: '#51dce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dce2;
$custom-light: #93e7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.483,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82272,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCE2

secondary

#A13A36

accent

#1A12D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCE2

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

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