#51D1C8#51D1C8

#51D1C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.112 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D1C8
RGB	rgb(81, 209, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 4.3%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -37.01, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 37.50, 189.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.1112 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.112 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6145, 51.5165, 62.6464)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D1C8 #D1515A

analogous

#51D188 #51D1C8 #519AD1

triadic

#51D1C8 #C851D1 #D1C851

tetradic

#51D1C8 #8851D1 #D1515A #9AD151

square

#51D1C8 #8851D1 #D1515A #9AD151

split-complementary

#51D1C8 #D1519A #D18851

monochromatic

#23857E #30B5AC #51D1C8 #81DED7 #B2EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#51D1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#51D1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D1C8

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D1C8	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 209, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.112 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dfd8',
    500: '#51d1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d1c8;
$custom-light: #90dfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.781,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78795,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D1C8

secondary

#8B3B40

accent

#4651E1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D1C8

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

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