#51CED2#51CED2

#51CED2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.109 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CED2
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 210)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 1.9%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -32.89, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 35.11, 200.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.1038 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.109 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0925, 50.5411, 68.7609)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CED2 #D25551

analogous

#51D295 #51CED2 #518ED2

triadic

#51CED2 #D251CE #CED251

tetradic

#51CED2 #9551D2 #D25551 #8ED251

square

#51CED2 #9551D2 #D25551 #8ED251

split-complementary

#51CED2 #D2518E #D29551

monochromatic

#238386 #2FB2B7 #51CED2 #82DCDF #B2E9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CED2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#51CED2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CED2

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CED2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CED2	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ced2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.109 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dddf',
    500: '#51ced2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ced2;
$custom-light: #90dddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ced2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.86,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78414,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CED2

secondary

#8D3D3B

accent

#4B46E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CED2

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

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