#51CDC8#51CDC8

#51CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.109 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDC8
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -35.16, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 36.01, 192.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.1071 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.109 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6454, 49.5783, 62.3234)
Luminance	0.4958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDC8 #CD5156

analogous

#51CD8A #51CDC8 #5194CD

triadic

#51CDC8 #C851CD #CDC851

tetradic

#51CDC8 #8A51CD #CD5156 #94CD51

square

#51CDC8 #8A51CD #CD5156 #94CD51

split-complementary

#51CDC8 #CD5194 #CD8A51

monochromatic

#257F7B #32AFAA #51CDC8 #81DBD7 #B0E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#51CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#51CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDC8

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDC8	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.109 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdcd8',
    500: '#51cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdc8;
$custom-light: #8fdcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.581,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77838,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDC8

secondary

#D7A3A5

accent

#494FDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDC8

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

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