#51CFC5#51CFC5

#51CFC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.111 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CFC5
RGB	rgb(81, 207, 197)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 4.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -36.89, -5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 37.28, 188.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.1104 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.111 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7797, 50.4024, 60.6555)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CFC5 #CF515B

analogous

#51CF86 #51CFC5 #519ACF

triadic

#51CFC5 #C551CF #CFC551

tetradic

#51CFC5 #8651CF #CF515B #9ACF51

square

#51CFC5 #8651CF #CF515B #9ACF51

split-complementary

#51CFC5 #CF519A #CF8651

monochromatic

#24827A #31B2A8 #51CFC5 #81DCD5 #B1E9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#51CFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#51CFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFC5

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CFC5	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.111 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fded6',
    500: '#51cfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cfc5;
$custom-light: #8fded6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.238,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7822,
    "c": 0.11149,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CFC5

secondary

#893B41

accent

#4854E0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CFC5

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

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