#51C8D2#51C8D2

#51C8D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.106 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8D2
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 210)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.64, -30.02, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.64, 33.52, 206.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0976 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.106 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6755, 47.7073, 68.2885)
Luminance	0.4771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8D2 #D25B51

analogous

#51D29C #51C8D2 #5188D2

triadic

#51C8D2 #D251C8 #C8D251

tetradic

#51C8D2 #9C51D2 #D25B51 #88D251

square

#51C8D2 #9C51D2 #D25B51 #88D251

split-complementary

#51C8D2 #D25188 #D29C51

monochromatic

#237E86 #2FACB7 #51C8D2 #82D7DF #B2E7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#51C8D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#51C8D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8D2

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8D2	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC0D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.106 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9df',
    500: '#51c8d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8d2;
$custom-light: #90d9df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.651,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76992,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8D2

secondary

#DAA9A5

accent

#5246E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8D2

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

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