#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
RGBrgb(81, 206, 213)
HSLhsl(183, 61%, 58%)
HSVhsv(183, 62%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(62%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(76.49, -32.05, -13.76)
CIE-LCHlch(76.49, 34.88, 203.23°)
OKLaboklab(78.52% -0.1026 -0.0381)
OKLCHoklch(78.52% 0.109 200.4)
XYZxyz(37.4697, 50.6920, 70.7477)
Luminance0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##51CED51.001.8911.1411.14
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1421.001.001.00
##00000011.1421.001.001.00

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

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#51CED5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva