#51D0C4#51D0C4

#51D0C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.113 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D0C4
RGB	rgb(81, 208, 196)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 5.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -37.61, -4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 37.87, 186.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.1119 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.113 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9085, 50.8428, 60.1351)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D0C4 #D0515D

analogous

#51D085 #51D0C4 #519DD0

triadic

#51D0C4 #C451D0 #D0C451

tetradic

#51D0C4 #8551D0 #D0515D #9DD051

square

#51D0C4 #8551D0 #D0515D #9DD051

split-complementary

#51D0C4 #D0519D #D08551

monochromatic

#23837A #30B3A7 #51D0C4 #81DDD4 #B1EAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#51D0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#51D0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D0C4

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D0C4	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 208, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.113 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dfd5',
    500: '#51d0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d0c4;
$custom-light: #90dfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.331,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78428,
    "c": 0.11264,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D0C4

secondary

#8A3B42

accent

#4756E1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D0C4

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

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