#51CCD8#51CCD8

#51CCD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.109 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCD8
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 5.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -30.24, -16.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 34.27, 208.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0993 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.109 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3756, 49.8889, 72.6122)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCD8 #D85D51

analogous

#51D8A0 #51CCD8 #5188D8

triadic

#51CCD8 #D851CC #CCD851

tetradic

#51CCD8 #A051D8 #D85D51 #88D851

square

#51CCD8 #A051D8 #D85D51 #88D851

split-complementary

#51CCD8 #D85188 #D8A051

monochromatic

#20858F #2BB3C1 #51CCD8 #83DBE3 #B5E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#51CCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#51CCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCD8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCD8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ccd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.109 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dce4',
    500: '#51ccd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ccd8;
$custom-light: #91dce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ccd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78153,
    "c": 0.10888,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCD8

secondary

#DDACA8

accent

#5041E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCD8

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

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