#51CCDC#51CCDC

#51CCDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.110 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCDC
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 7.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -29.09, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 34.25, 211.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0977 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.11 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8990, 50.0983, 75.3689)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCDC #DC6151

analogous

#51DCA6 #51CCDC #5187DC

triadic

#51CCDC #DC51CC #CCDC51

tetradic

#51CCDC #A651DC #DC6151 #87DC51

square

#51CCDC #A651DC #DC6151 #87DC51

split-complementary

#51CCDC #DC5187 #DCA651

monochromatic

#1E8795 #28B5C8 #51CCDC #84DBE6 #B7EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#51CCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#51CCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCDC

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCDC	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ccdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.110 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dce6',
    500: '#51ccdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ccdc;
$custom-light: #91dce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ccdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.906,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.783,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCDC

secondary

#994338

accent

#523EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCDC

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

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