#51C1CD#51C1CD

#51C1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.102 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C1CD
RGB	rgb(81, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -28.03, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 32.05, 209.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0924 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.102 205)
XYZ	xyz(33.4781, 44.2936, 64.5310)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C1CD #CD5D51

analogous

#51CD9B #51C1CD #5183CD

triadic

#51C1CD #CD51C1 #C1CD51

tetradic

#51C1CD #9B51CD #CD5D51 #83CD51

square

#51C1CD #9B51CD #CD5D51 #83CD51

split-complementary

#51C1CD #CD5183 #CD9B51

monochromatic

#25767F #32A3AF #51C1CD #81D2DB #B0E3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#51C1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#51C1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C1CD

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C1CD	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.102 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd4dc',
    500: '#51c1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c1cd;
$custom-light: #8fd4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75153,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.44297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C1CD

secondary

#D7A8A3

accent

#5849DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C1CD

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

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