#51CDC2#51CDC2

#51CDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.111 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDC2
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -36.76, -4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 37.07, 187.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.1097 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.111 187)
XYZ	xyz(34.9579, 49.3033, 58.7027)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDC2 #CD515C

analogous

#51CD84 #51CDC2 #519ACD

triadic

#51CDC2 #C251CD #CDC251

tetradic

#51CDC2 #8451CD #CD515C #9ACD51

square

#51CDC2 #8451CD #CD515C #9ACD51

split-complementary

#51CDC2 #CD519A #CD8451

monochromatic

#257F77 #32AFA4 #51CDC2 #81DBD3 #B0E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#51CDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDC2

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDC2	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B4C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.111 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd4',
    500: '#51cdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdc2;
$custom-light: #8fddd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.677,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77644,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.49307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDC2

secondary

#D7A3A8

accent

#4956DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDC2

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

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