#51CED9#51CED9

#51CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.110 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CED9
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -30.92, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 34.69, 206.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.1009 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.11 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9837, 50.8976, 73.4546)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CED9 #D95C51

analogous

#51D9A0 #51CED9 #518AD9

triadic

#51CED9 #D951CE #CED951

tetradic

#51CED9 #A051D9 #D95C51 #8AD951

square

#51CED9 #A051D9 #D95C51 #8AD951

split-complementary

#51CED9 #D9518A #D9A051

monochromatic

#1F8790 #2AB6C2 #51CED9 #83DCE4 #B5EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#51CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#51CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CED9

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CED9	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.110 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde4',
    500: '#51ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ced9;
$custom-light: #91dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.853,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78661,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CED9

secondary

#954039

accent

#4E41E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CED9

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

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