#51CDC4#51CDC4

#51CDC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.110 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDC4
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 196)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -36.23, -5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 36.69, 189.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.1088 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.11 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1840, 49.3938, 59.8936)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDC4 #CD515A

analogous

#51CD86 #51CDC4 #5198CD

triadic

#51CDC4 #C451CD #CDC451

tetradic

#51CDC4 #8651CD #CD515A #98CD51

square

#51CDC4 #8651CD #CD515A #98CD51

split-complementary

#51CDC4 #CD5198 #CD8651

monochromatic

#257F79 #32AFA6 #51CDC4 #81DBD4 #B0E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CDC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#51CDC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDC4

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDC4	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.110 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd5',
    500: '#51cdc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdc4;
$custom-light: #8fddd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.645,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77708,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDC4

secondary

#D7A3A7

accent

#4954DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDC4

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

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