#51CDC5#51CDC5

#51CDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.110 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDC5
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -35.96, -6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 36.51, 189.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.1084 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.11 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2982, 49.4395, 60.4950)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDC5 #CD5159

analogous

#51CD87 #51CDC5 #5197CD

triadic

#51CDC5 #C551CD #CDC551

tetradic

#51CDC5 #8751CD #CD5159 #97CD51

square

#51CDC5 #8751CD #CD5159 #97CD51

split-complementary

#51CDC5 #CD5197 #CD8751

monochromatic

#257F79 #32AFA7 #51CDC5 #81DBD5 #B0E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#51CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDC5

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDC5	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.110 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd6',
    500: '#51cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdc5;
$custom-light: #8fddd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7774,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDC5

secondary

#D7A3A7

accent

#4953DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDC5

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

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