#51D5D5#51D5D5

#51D5D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.114 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D5D5
RGB	rgb(81, 213, 213)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -35.35, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 36.93, 196.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.1098 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.114 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1925, 54.1377, 71.3220)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D5D5 #D55151

analogous

#51D593 #51D5D5 #5193D5

triadic

#51D5D5 #D551D5 #D5D551

tetradic

#51D5D5 #9351D5 #D55151 #93D551

square

#51D5D5 #9351D5 #D55151 #93D551

split-complementary

#51D5D5 #D55193 #D59351

monochromatic

#218A8A #2DBCBC #51D5D5 #82E1E1 #B4EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#51D5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#51D5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D5D5

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D5D5	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CBD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 213, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.114 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2e1',
    500: '#51d5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d5d5;
$custom-light: #91e2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80176,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D5D5

secondary

#903A3A

accent

#4444E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D5D5

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

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