#51CCDD#51CCDD

#51CCDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.110 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CCDD
RGB	rgb(81, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -28.80, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 34.27, 212.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0973 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.11 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0319, 50.1514, 76.0684)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CCDD #DD6251

analogous

#51DDA8 #51CCDD #5186DD

triadic

#51CCDD #DD51CC #CCDD51

tetradic

#51CCDD #A851DD #DD6251 #86DD51

square

#51CCDD #A851DD #DD6251 #86DD51

split-complementary

#51CCDD #DD5186 #DDA851

monochromatic

#1D8896 #27B6C9 #51CCDD #84DBE7 #B7EAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#51CCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CCDD

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CCDD	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.110 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dce7',
    500: '#51ccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ccdd;
$custom-light: #91dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.286,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78337,
    "c": 0.11006,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CCDD

secondary

#9B4438

accent

#533EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CCDD

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

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