#51D6CA#51D6CA

#51D6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.116 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6CA
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 202)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -38.77, -4.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 39.07, 187.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.1155 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.116 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0957, 54.1026, 64.3008)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6CA #D6515D

analogous

#51D687 #51D6CA #51A0D6

triadic

#51D6CA #CA51D6 #D6CA51

tetradic

#51D6CA #8751D6 #D6515D #A0D651

square

#51D6CA #8751D6 #D6515D #A0D651

split-complementary

#51D6CA #D651A0 #D68751

monochromatic

#218C82 #2DBDB0 #51D6CA #83E2D9 #B4EDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#51D6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#51D6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6CA

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6CA	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)

#CBCBCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.116 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e3da',
    500: '#51d6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6ca;
$custom-light: #91e3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.586,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80055,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6CA

secondary

#923A42

accent

#4351E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6CA

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

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