#51CED1#51CED1

#51CED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.109 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CED1
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 209)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -33.17, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 35.20, 199.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.1043 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.109 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9683, 50.4914, 68.1068)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CED1 #D15451

analogous

#51D194 #51CED1 #518ED1

triadic

#51CED1 #D151CE #CED151

tetradic

#51CED1 #9451D1 #D15451 #8ED151

square

#51CED1 #9451D1 #D15451 #8ED151

split-complementary

#51CED1 #D1518E #D19451

monochromatic

#238285 #30B2B5 #51CED1 #81DCDE #B2E9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#51CED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CED1

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CED1	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ced1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.109 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dddf',
    500: '#51ced1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ced1;
$custom-light: #90dddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ced1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.406,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78379,
    "c": 0.10927,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CED1

secondary

#8B3D3B

accent

#4A46E1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CED1

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

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