#51D6CD#51D6CD

#51D6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.116 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6CD
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 205)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -37.98, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 38.50, 189.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.1142 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.116 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4544, 54.2461, 66.1897)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6CD #D6515A

analogous

#51D68B #51D6CD #519CD6

triadic

#51D6CD #CD51D6 #D6CD51

tetradic

#51D6CD #8B51D6 #D6515A #9CD651

square

#51D6CD #8B51D6 #D6515A #9CD651

split-complementary

#51D6CD #D6519C #D68B51

monochromatic

#218C84 #2DBDB3 #51D6CD #83E2DB #B4EDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#51D6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#51D6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6CD

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6CD	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)

#CBCBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.116 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e3dc',
    500: '#51d6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6cd;
$custom-light: #91e3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.94,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80151,
    "c": 0.11557,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6CD

secondary

#923A40

accent

#434EE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6CD

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

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