#51CEDD#51CEDD

#51CEDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.111 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CEDD
RGB	rgb(81, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -29.78, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 34.63, 210.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0993 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.111 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5103, 51.1082, 76.2279)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CEDD #DD6051

analogous

#51DDA6 #51CEDD #5188DD

triadic

#51CEDD #DD51CE #CEDD51

tetradic

#51CEDD #A651DD #DD6051 #88DD51

square

#51CEDD #A651DD #DD6051 #88DD51

split-complementary

#51CEDD #DD5188 #DDA651

monochromatic

#1D8996 #27B8C9 #51CEDD #84DCE7 #B7EBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#51CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#51CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CEDD

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CEDD	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.111 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dde7',
    500: '#51cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cedd;
$custom-light: #91dde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78806,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CEDD

secondary

#9B4238

accent

#503EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CEDD

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

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