#51CED5#51CED5

#51CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.109 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CED5
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -32.05, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 34.88, 203.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.1026 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.109 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4697, 50.6920, 70.7477)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CED5 #D55851

analogous

#51D59A #51CED5 #518CD5

triadic

#51CED5 #D551CE #CED551

tetradic

#51CED5 #9A51D5 #D55851 #8CD551

square

#51CED5 #9A51D5 #D55851 #8CD551

split-complementary

#51CED5 #D5518C #D59A51

monochromatic

#21858A #2DB4BC #51CED5 #82DCE1 #B4EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#51CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#51CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CED5

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CED5	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.109 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde1',
    500: '#51ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ced5;
$custom-light: #91dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78519,
    "c": 0.10944,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CED5

secondary

#903E3A

accent

#4C44E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CED5

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

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