#51D5D7#51D5D7

#51D5D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.114 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D5D7
RGB	rgb(81, 213, 215)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -34.80, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 36.71, 198.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.1089 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.114 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4480, 54.2398, 72.6672)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D5D7 #D75351

analogous

#51D796 #51D5D7 #5192D7

triadic

#51D5D7 #D751D5 #D5D751

tetradic

#51D5D7 #9651D7 #D75351 #92D751

square

#51D5D7 #9651D7 #D75351 #92D751

split-complementary

#51D5D7 #D75192 #D79651

monochromatic

#208C8D #2CBDBF #51D5D7 #83E1E2 #B5EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#51D5D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#51D5D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D5D7

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D5D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D5D7	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CBD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d5d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 213, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.114 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2e3',
    500: '#51d5d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d5d7;
$custom-light: #91e2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d5d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80244,
    "c": 0.11362,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D5D7

secondary

#933B39

accent

#4542E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D5D7

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

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