#51D0CD#51D0CD

#51D0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.111 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D0CD
RGB	rgb(81, 208, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 57%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -35.21, -8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 36.32, 194.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.108 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.111 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9638, 51.2649, 65.6928)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D0CD #D05154

analogous

#51D08E #51D0CD #5194D0

triadic

#51D0CD #CD51D0 #D0CD51

tetradic

#51D0CD #8E51D0 #D05154 #94D051

square

#51D0CD #8E51D0 #D05154 #94D051

split-complementary

#51D0CD #D05194 #D08E51

monochromatic

#238381 #30B3B0 #51D0CD #81DDDB #B1EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#51D0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#51D0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D0CD

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D0CD	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 208, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.111 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dfdc',
    500: '#51d0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d0cd;
$custom-light: #90dfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.583,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7872,
    "c": 0.11084,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D0CD

secondary

#8A3B3D

accent

#474BE1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D0CD

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

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