#51CDC0#51CDC0

#51CDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.111 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDC0
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 192)
HSL	hsl(174, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -37.29, -3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 37.48, 185.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% -0.1106 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.111 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7348, 49.2141, 57.5277)
Luminance	0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDC0 #CD515E

analogous

#51CD82 #51CDC0 #519CCD

triadic

#51CDC0 #C051CD #CDC051

tetradic

#51CDC0 #8251CD #CD515E #9CCD51

square

#51CDC0 #8251CD #CD515E #9CCD51

split-complementary

#51CDC0 #CD519C #CD8251

monochromatic

#257F76 #32AFA2 #51CDC0 #81DBD1 #B0E8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#51CDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#51CDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDC0

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDC0	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.111 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd3',
    500: '#51cdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdc0;
$custom-light: #8fddd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.71,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7758,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDC0

secondary

#D7A3A9

accent

#4959DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDC0

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

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