#51CDDC#51CDDC

#51CDDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.110 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDDC
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -29.58, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 34.44, 210.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0987 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.11 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1375, 50.5752, 75.4484)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDDC #DC6051

analogous

#51DCA6 #51CDDC #5188DC

triadic

#51CDDC #DC51CD #CDDC51

tetradic

#51CDDC #A651DC #DC6051 #88DC51

square

#51CDDC #A651DC #DC6051 #88DC51

split-complementary

#51CDDC #DC5188 #DCA651

monochromatic

#1E8895 #28B6C8 #51CDDC #84DCE6 #B7EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#51CDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDDC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDDC	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.110 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dce6',
    500: '#51cddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cddc;
$custom-light: #91dce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.475,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78535,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDDC

secondary

#994238

accent

#513EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDDC

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

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