#51C3CD#51C3CD

#51C3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.103 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C3CD
RGB	rgb(81, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -29.01, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 32.50, 206.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0945 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.103 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9232, 45.1838, 64.6793)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C3CD #CD5B51

analogous

#51CD99 #51C3CD #5185CD

triadic

#51C3CD #CD51C3 #C3CD51

tetradic

#51C3CD #9951CD #CD5B51 #85CD51

square

#51C3CD #9951CD #CD5B51 #85CD51

split-complementary

#51C3CD #CD5185 #CD9951

monochromatic

#25787F #32A5AF #51C3CD #81D3DB #B0E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#51C3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#51C3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C3CD

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C3CD	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.103 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd5dc',
    500: '#51c3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c3cd;
$custom-light: #8fd5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.839,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75628,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C3CD

secondary

#D7A7A3

accent

#5549DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C3CD

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

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