#51D5D4#51D5D4

#51D5D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.114 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D5D4
RGB	rgb(81, 213, 212)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 0.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -35.63, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 37.06, 195.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.1102 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.114 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0660, 54.0871, 70.6556)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D5D4 #D55152

analogous

#51D592 #51D5D4 #5194D5

triadic

#51D5D4 #D451D5 #D5D451

tetradic

#51D5D4 #9251D5 #D55152 #94D551

square

#51D5D4 #9251D5 #D55152 #94D551

split-complementary

#51D5D4 #D55194 #D59251

monochromatic

#218A89 #2DBCBA #51D5D4 #82E1E0 #B4EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#51D5D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#51D5D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D5D4

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D5D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D5D4	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CBD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d5d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 213, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.114 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2e1',
    500: '#51d5d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d5d4;
$custom-light: #91e2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d5d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80143,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D5D4

secondary

#903A3B

accent

#4445E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D5D4

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

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