#51D6CC#51D6CC

#51D6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.116 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6CC
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -38.24, -5.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 38.68, 188.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.1146 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.116 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3341, 54.1980, 65.5560)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6CC #D6515B

analogous

#51D68A #51D6CC #519DD6

triadic

#51D6CC #CC51D6 #D6CC51

tetradic

#51D6CC #8A51D6 #D6515B #9DD651

square

#51D6CC #8A51D6 #D6515B #9DD651

split-complementary

#51D6CC #D6519D #D68A51

monochromatic

#218C84 #2DBDB2 #51D6CC #83E2DB #B4EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#51D6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#51D6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6CC

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6CC	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.116 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e3db',
    500: '#51d6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6cc;
$custom-light: #91e3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.489,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80119,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6CC

secondary

#923A40

accent

#434FE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6CC

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

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