#51D2CA#51D2CA

#51D2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.113 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D2CA
RGB	rgb(81, 210, 202)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -36.94, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 37.52, 190.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.1114 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.113 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0958, 52.1028, 63.9675)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D2CA #D25159

analogous

#51D28A #51D2CA #519AD2

triadic

#51D2CA #CA51D2 #D2CA51

tetradic

#51D2CA #8A51D2 #D25159 #9AD251

square

#51D2CA #8A51D2 #D25159 #9AD251

split-complementary

#51D2CA #D2519A #D28A51

monochromatic

#238680 #2FB7AE #51D2CA #82DFD9 #B2EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#51D2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#51D2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D2CA

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D2CA	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 210, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.113 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e0da',
    500: '#51d2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d2ca;
$custom-light: #90e0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.279,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79099,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D2CA

secondary

#8D3B40

accent

#464FE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D2CA

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

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