#51CDCA#51CDCA

#51CDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.109 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDCA
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -34.62, -8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 35.71, 194.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.1062 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.109 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8806, 49.6724, 63.5625)
Luminance	0.4968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDCA #CD5154

analogous

#51CD8C #51CDCA #5192CD

triadic

#51CDCA #CA51CD #CDCA51

tetradic

#51CDCA #8C51CD #CD5154 #92CD51

square

#51CDCA #8C51CD #CD5154 #92CD51

split-complementary

#51CDCA #CD5192 #CD8C51

monochromatic

#257F7D #32AFAC #51CDCA #81DBD8 #B0E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#51CDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#51CDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDCA

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDCA	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.109 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcda',
    500: '#51cdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdca;
$custom-light: #90dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.548,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77904,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDCA

secondary

#D7A3A5

accent

#494DDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDCA

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

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