#51C7C8#51C7C8

#51C7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.105 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C7C8
RGB	rgb(81, 199, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -32.33, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 33.97, 197.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.1008 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.105 196)
XYZ	xyz(34.2376, 46.7627, 61.8541)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C7C8 #C85251

analogous

#51C88D #51C7C8 #518CC8

triadic

#51C7C8 #C851C7 #C7C851

tetradic

#51C7C8 #8D51C8 #C85251 #8CC851

square

#51C7C8 #8D51C8 #C85251 #8CC851

split-complementary

#51C7C8 #C8518C #C88D51

monochromatic

#267879 #35A6A7 #51C7C8 #80D6D7 #AEE5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#51C7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#51C7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C7C8

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C7C8	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 199, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.105 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd8d8',
    500: '#51c7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c7c8;
$custom-light: #8fd8d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76404,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.46766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C7C8

secondary

#D3A2A1

accent

#4E4CDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C7C8

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

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