#51D4CD#51D4CD

#51D4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.114 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D4CD
RGB	rgb(81, 212, 205)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -37.06, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 37.75, 190.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.1121 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.114 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9513, 53.2400, 66.0220)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D4CD #D45158

analogous

#51D48C #51D4CD #5199D4

triadic

#51D4CD #CD51D4 #D4CD51

tetradic

#51D4CD #8C51D4 #D45158 #99D451

square

#51D4CD #8C51D4 #D45158 #99D451

split-complementary

#51D4CD #D45199 #D48C51

monochromatic

#228983 #2EBAB2 #51D4CD #82E0DB #B3ECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#51D4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#51D4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D4CD

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D4CD	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 212, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.114 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e1dc',
    500: '#51d4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d4cd;
$custom-light: #91e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.794,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79674,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D4CD

secondary

#8F3A3F

accent

#444DE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D4CD

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

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