#51D4D5#51D4D5

#51D4D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.113 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D4D5
RGB	rgb(81, 212, 213)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -34.89, -11.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 36.62, 197.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.1087 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.113 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9418, 53.6362, 71.2384)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D4D5 #D55251

analogous

#51D594 #51D4D5 #5192D5

triadic

#51D4D5 #D551D4 #D4D551

tetradic

#51D4D5 #9451D5 #D55251 #92D551

square

#51D4D5 #9451D5 #D55251 #92D551

split-complementary

#51D4D5 #D55192 #D59451

monochromatic

#21898A #2DBABC #51D4D5 #82E0E1 #B4ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#51D4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#51D4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D4D5

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D4D5	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BBD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 212, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.113 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e1e1',
    500: '#51d4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d4d5;
$custom-light: #91e1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79939,
    "c": 0.11303,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D4D5

secondary

#903B3A

accent

#4544E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D4D5

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

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