#51C8D7#51C8D7

#51C8D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.107 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51C8D7
RGB	rgb(81, 200, 215)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -28.59, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 33.46, 211.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0956 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.107 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3082, 47.9603, 71.6206)
Luminance	0.4796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51C8D7 #D76051

analogous

#51D7A3 #51C8D7 #5185D7

triadic

#51C8D7 #D751C8 #C8D751

tetradic

#51C8D7 #A351D7 #D76051 #85D751

square

#51C8D7 #A351D7 #D76051 #85D751

split-complementary

#51C8D7 #D75185 #D7A351

monochromatic

#20818D #2CAEBF #51C8D7 #83D8E2 #B5E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#51C8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#51C8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51C8D7

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51C8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51C8D7	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51c8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 200, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.107 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90d9e3',
    500: '#51c8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51c8d7;
$custom-light: #90d9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51c8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.716,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77175,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51C8D7

secondary

#DDADA7

accent

#5442E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51C8D7

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

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