#51CDCC#51CDCC

#51CDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.109 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDCC
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -34.07, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 35.44, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.1053 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.109 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1190, 49.7678, 64.8177)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDCC #CD5152

analogous

#51CD8E #51CDCC #5190CD

triadic

#51CDCC #CC51CD #CDCC51

tetradic

#51CDCC #8E51CD #CD5152 #90CD51

square

#51CDCC #8E51CD #CD5152 #90CD51

split-complementary

#51CDCC #CD5190 #CD8E51

monochromatic

#257F7E #32AFAE #51CDCC #81DBDA #B0E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#51CDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#51CDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDCC

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDCC	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.109 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcdb',
    500: '#51cdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdcc;
$custom-light: #90dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.516,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77971,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDCC

secondary

#D7A3A4

accent

#494ADF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDCC

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

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