#51CDCD#51CDCD

#51CDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.109 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDCD
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 205)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -33.80, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 35.32, 196.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.1049 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.109 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2393, 49.8159, 65.4513)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDCD #CD5151

analogous

#51CD8F #51CDCD #518FCD

triadic

#51CDCD #CD51CD #CDCD51

tetradic

#51CDCD #8F51CD #CD5151 #8FCD51

square

#51CDCD #8F51CD #CD5151 #8FCD51

split-complementary

#51CDCD #CD518F #CD8F51

monochromatic

#257F7F #32AFAF #51CDCD #81DBDB #B0E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#51CDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#51CDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDCD

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDCD	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.109 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dcdc',
    500: '#51cdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cdcd;
$custom-light: #90dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78005,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDCD

secondary

#D7A3A3

accent

#4949DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDCD

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

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