#51C3CA#51C3CA

#51C3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.102 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C3CA
RGB	rgb(81, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.92, -29.85, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.92, 32.63, 203.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0957 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.102 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5646, 45.0403, 62.7904)
Luminance	0.4504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C3CA #CA5851

analogous

#51CA94 #51C3CA #5186CA

triadic

#51C3CA #CA51C3 #C3CA51

tetradic

#51C3CA #9451CA #CA5851 #86CA51

square

#51C3CA #9451CA #CA5851 #86CA51

split-complementary

#51C3CA #CA5186 #CA9451

monochromatic

#25767B #34A3AA #51C3CA #80D3D8 #AFE3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#51C3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#51C3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C3CA

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C3CA	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3ADCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.102 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5da',
    500: '#51c3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c3ca;
$custom-light: #8fd5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.471,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7552,
    "c": 0.10244,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C3CA

secondary

#D5A5A2

accent

#544BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C3CA

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

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