#51DCEA#51DCEA

#51DCEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.119 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCEA
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 234)
HSL	hsl(185, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.22, -32.76, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.22, 37.32, 208.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.1081 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.119 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8314, 58.8714, 86.8792)
Luminance	0.5888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCEA #EA5F51

analogous

#51EAAC #51DCEA #5190EA

triadic

#51DCEA #EA51DC #DCEA51

tetradic

#51DCEA #AC51EA #EA5F51 #90EA51

square

#51DCEA #AC51EA #EA5F51 #90EA51

split-complementary

#51DCEA #EA5190 #EAAC51

monochromatic

#159EAC #1BD0E2 #51DCEA #88E7F1 #BEF2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#51DCEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#51DCEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCEA

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCEA	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD3EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C3EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.119 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e7f0',
    500: '#51dcea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcea;
$custom-light: #94e7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.49,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82555,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCEA

secondary

#AD3E32

accent

#1E0BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCEA

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

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