#51D4CE#51D4CE

#51D4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.114 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D4CE
RGB	rgb(81, 212, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -36.79, -7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 37.58, 191.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.1117 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.114 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0724, 53.2884, 66.6598)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D4CE #D45157

analogous

#51D48D #51D4CE #5198D4

triadic

#51D4CE #CE51D4 #D4CE51

tetradic

#51D4CE #8D51D4 #D45157 #98D451

square

#51D4CE #8D51D4 #D45157 #98D451

split-complementary

#51D4CE #D45198 #D48D51

monochromatic

#228984 #2EBAB3 #51D4CE #82E0DC #B3ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#51D4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#51D4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D4CE

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D4CE	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 212, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.114 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e1dc',
    500: '#51d4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d4ce;
$custom-light: #91e1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.252,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79706,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D4CE

secondary

#8F3A3E

accent

#444CE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D4CE

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

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