#51D0DC#51D0DC

#51D0DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.111 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D0DC
RGB	rgb(81, 208, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -31.03, -16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 35.06, 207.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.1017 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.111 204)
XYZ	xyz(38.8620, 52.0242, 75.6899)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D0DC #DC5D51

analogous

#51DCA3 #51D0DC #518BDC

triadic

#51D0DC #DC51D0 #D0DC51

tetradic

#51D0DC #A351DC #DC5D51 #8BDC51

square

#51D0DC #A351DC #DC5D51 #8BDC51

split-complementary

#51D0DC #DC518B #DCA351

monochromatic

#1E8A95 #28BAC8 #51D0DC #84DEE6 #B7ECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#51D0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#51D0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D0DC

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D0DC	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 208, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.111 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91dee6',
    500: '#51d0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d0dc;
$custom-light: #91dee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.18,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7924,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.52028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D0DC

secondary

#994038

accent

#4D3EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D0DC

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

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