#51D1CD#51D1CD

#51D1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.112 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D1CD
RGB	rgb(81, 209, 205)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -35.67, -8.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 36.67, 193.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.1091 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.112 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2084, 51.7541, 65.7744)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D1CD #D15155

analogous

#51D18D #51D1CD #5195D1

triadic

#51D1CD #CD51D1 #D1CD51

tetradic

#51D1CD #8D51D1 #D15155 #95D151

square

#51D1CD #8D51D1 #D15155 #95D151

split-complementary

#51D1CD #D15195 #D18D51

monochromatic

#238582 #30B5B1 #51D1CD #81DEDB #B2EBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#51D1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#51D1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D1CD

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D1CD	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 209, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.112 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dfdc',
    500: '#51d1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d1cd;
$custom-light: #90dfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78958,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D1CD

secondary

#8B3B3D

accent

#464BE1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D1CD

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

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