#51CDBD#51CDBD

#51CDBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDBD
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 189)
HSL	hsl(172, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 7.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -38.07, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 38.13, 183.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.1119 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.112 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4058, 49.0825, 55.7949)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDBD #CD5161

analogous

#51CD7F #51CDBD #519FCD

triadic

#51CDBD #BD51CD #CDBD51

tetradic

#51CDBD #7F51CD #CD5161 #9FCD51

square

#51CDBD #7F51CD #CD5161 #9FCD51

split-complementary

#51CDBD #CD519F #CD7F51

monochromatic

#257F73 #32AF9F #51CDBD #81DBCF #B0E8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#51CDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#51CDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDBD

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDBD	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd0',
    500: '#51cdbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdbd;
$custom-light: #8fddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.258,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77487,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDBD

secondary

#D7A3AA

accent

#495CDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDBD

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

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