#51C8D6#51C8D6

#51C8D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.107 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8D6
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 214)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -28.87, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 33.45, 210.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.096 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.107 206)
XYZ	xyz(36.1801, 47.9091, 70.9459)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8D6 #D65F51

analogous

#51D6A2 #51C8D6 #5185D6

triadic

#51C8D6 #D651C8 #C8D651

tetradic

#51C8D6 #A251D6 #D65F51 #85D651

square

#51C8D6 #A251D6 #D65F51 #85D651

split-complementary

#51C8D6 #D65185 #D6A251

monochromatic

#21808C #2DAEBD #51C8D6 #83D8E2 #B4E7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#51C8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#51C8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8D6

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8D6	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.107 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9e2',
    500: '#51c8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8d6;
$custom-light: #90d9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77138,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.47913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8D6

secondary

#DCACA7

accent

#5443E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8D6

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

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