#51D3CA#51D3CA

#51D3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.114 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D3CA
RGB	rgb(81, 211, 202)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 4.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -37.40, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 37.90, 189.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.1124 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.114 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3435, 52.5981, 64.0501)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D3CA #D3515A

analogous

#51D389 #51D3CA #519BD3

triadic

#51D3CA #CA51D3 #D3CA51

tetradic

#51D3CA #8951D3 #D3515A #9BD351

square

#51D3CA #8951D3 #D3515A #9BD351

split-complementary

#51D3CA #D3519B #D38951

monochromatic

#228780 #2FB8AF #51D3CA #82DFD9 #B3ECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#51D3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#51D3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D3CA

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D3CA	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C8CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 211, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.114 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e1da',
    500: '#51d3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d3ca;
$custom-light: #90e1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.846,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79338,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D3CA

secondary

#8E3A40

accent

#4550E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D3CA

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

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