#51CCD4#51CCD4

#51CCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCD4
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 212)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -31.38, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 34.42, 204.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.1009 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8648, 49.6846, 69.9219)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCD4 #D45951

analogous

#51D49A #51CCD4 #518BD4

triadic

#51CCD4 #D451CC #CCD451

tetradic

#51CCD4 #9A51D4 #D45951 #8BD451

square

#51CCD4 #9A51D4 #D45951 #8BD451

split-complementary

#51CCD4 #D4518B #D49A51

monochromatic

#228389 #2EB1BA #51CCD4 #82DAE0 #B3E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#51CCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#51CCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCD4

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCD4	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ccd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dce1',
    500: '#51ccd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ccd4;
$custom-light: #90dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ccd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.664,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7801,
    "c": 0.10829,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCD4

secondary

#DBA9A6

accent

#4E44E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCD4

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

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