#51CDAD#51CDAD

#51CDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.120 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDAD
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 15.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -42.06, 5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 42.45, 172.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.1191 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.12 173)
XYZ	xyz(32.7639, 48.4257, 47.1475)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDAD #CD5171

analogous

#51CD6F #51CDAD #51AFCD

triadic

#51CDAD #AD51CD #CDAD51

tetradic

#51CDAD #6F51CD #CD5171 #AFCD51

square

#51CDAD #6F51CD #CD5171 #AFCD51

split-complementary

#51CDAD #CD51AF #CD6F51

monochromatic

#257F68 #32AF8F #51CDAD #81DBC3 #B0E8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#51CDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#51CDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDAD

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDAD	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C1AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.120 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eddc5',
    500: '#51cdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdad;
$custom-light: #8eddc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.516,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.48429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDAD

secondary

#D7A3B1

accent

#4970DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF8

border

#CCD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDAD

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

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