#51CED4#51CED4

#51CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.109 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CED4
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -32.33, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 34.95, 202.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.103 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.109 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3432, 50.6414, 70.0813)
Luminance	0.5064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CED4 #D45751

analogous

#51D498 #51CED4 #518DD4

triadic

#51CED4 #D451CE #CED451

tetradic

#51CED4 #9851D4 #D45751 #8DD451

square

#51CED4 #9851D4 #D45751 #8DD451

split-complementary

#51CED4 #D4518D #D49851

monochromatic

#228489 #2EB3BA #51CED4 #82DCE0 #B3EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#51CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CED4

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CED4	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.109 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dde1',
    500: '#51ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ced4;
$custom-light: #90dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.748,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78484,
    "c": 0.10937,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CED4

secondary

#8F3E3A

accent

#4C44E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CED4

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

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