#51CFD8#51CFD8

#51CFD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.110 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CFD8
RGB	rgb(81, 207, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -31.68, -14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 34.97, 205.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.1024 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.11 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0955, 51.3287, 72.8522)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CFD8 #D85A51

analogous

#51D89D #51CFD8 #518BD8

triadic

#51CFD8 #D851CF #CFD851

tetradic

#51CFD8 #9D51D8 #D85A51 #8BD851

square

#51CFD8 #9D51D8 #D85A51 #8BD851

split-complementary

#51CFD8 #D8518B #D89D51

monochromatic

#20878F #2BB7C1 #51CFD8 #83DDE3 #B5EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#51CFD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#51CFD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CFD8

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CFD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CFD8	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cfd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 207, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.110 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dee4',
    500: '#51cfd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cfd8;
$custom-light: #91dee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cfd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78861,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CFD8

secondary

#943F39

accent

#4C41E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CFD8

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

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