#51CED3#51CED3

#51CED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.109 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CED3
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 211)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, -32.61, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 35.02, 201.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.1034 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.109 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2174, 50.5911, 69.4190)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CED3 #D35651

analogous

#51D397 #51CED3 #518DD3

triadic

#51CED3 #D351CE #CED351

tetradic

#51CED3 #9751D3 #D35651 #8DD351

square

#51CED3 #9751D3 #D35651 #8DD351

split-complementary

#51CED3 #D3518D #D39751

monochromatic

#228387 #2FB3B8 #51CED3 #82DCDF #B3EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#51CED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CED3

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CED3	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)

#C0C5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ced3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.109 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dde0',
    500: '#51ced3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ced3;
$custom-light: #90dde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ced3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78449,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CED3

secondary

#8E3E3A

accent

#4B45E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CED3

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

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