#51CDC3#51CDC3

#51CDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.110 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDC3
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 195)
HSL	hsl(175, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -36.50, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 36.88, 188.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.1092 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.11 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0706, 49.3484, 59.2961)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDC3 #CD515B

analogous

#51CD85 #51CDC3 #5199CD

triadic

#51CDC3 #C351CD #CDC351

tetradic

#51CDC3 #8551CD #CD515B #99CD51

square

#51CDC3 #8551CD #CD515B #99CD51

split-complementary

#51CDC3 #CD5199 #CD8551

monochromatic

#257F78 #32AFA5 #51CDC3 #81DBD3 #B0E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#51CDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDC3

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDC3	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.110 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd5',
    500: '#51cdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdc3;
$custom-light: #8fddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.161,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77676,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDC3

secondary

#D7A3A7

accent

#4955DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDC3

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

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