#51CED6#51CED6

#51CED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.110 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CED6
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -31.77, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 34.82, 204.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.1022 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.11 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5970, 50.7430, 71.4182)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CED6 #D65951

analogous

#51D69B #51CED6 #518BD6

triadic

#51CED6 #D651CE #CED651

tetradic

#51CED6 #9B51D6 #D65951 #8BD651

square

#51CED6 #9B51D6 #D65951 #8BD651

split-complementary

#51CED6 #D6518B #D69B51

monochromatic

#21858C #2DB5BD #51CED6 #83DCE2 #B4EAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#51CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#51CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CED6

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CED6	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.110 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde2',
    500: '#51ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ced6;
$custom-light: #91dde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.609,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78554,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CED6

secondary

#923F3A

accent

#4D43E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CED6

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

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