#51CDC6#51CDC6

#51CDC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.110 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDC6
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 198)
HSL	hsl(177, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 3.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -35.70, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 36.33, 190.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.1079 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.11 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4132, 49.4855, 61.1005)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDC6 #CD5158

analogous

#51CD88 #51CDC6 #5196CD

triadic

#51CDC6 #C651CD #CDC651

tetradic

#51CDC6 #8851CD #CD5158 #96CD51

square

#51CDC6 #8851CD #CD5158 #96CD51

split-complementary

#51CDC6 #CD5196 #CD8851

monochromatic

#257F7A #32AFA8 #51CDC6 #81DBD6 #B0E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#51CDC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#51CDC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDC6

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDC6	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB5C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.110 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddd7',
    500: '#51cdc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdc6;
$custom-light: #8fddd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.613,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77772,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDC6

secondary

#D7A3A6

accent

#4952DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDC6

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

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