#51D6CE#51D6CE

#51D6CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.115 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6CE
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -37.71, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 38.32, 190.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.1138 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.115 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5755, 54.2945, 66.8275)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6CE #D65159

analogous

#51D68B #51D6CE #519BD6

triadic

#51D6CE #CE51D6 #D6CE51

tetradic

#51D6CE #8B51D6 #D65159 #9BD651

square

#51D6CE #8B51D6 #D65159 #9BD651

split-complementary

#51D6CE #D6519B #D68B51

monochromatic

#218C85 #2DBDB5 #51D6CE #83E2DC #B4EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#51D6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#51D6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6CE

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6CE	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.115 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e3dc',
    500: '#51d6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6ce;
$custom-light: #91e3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.391,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80183,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6CE

secondary

#923A3F

accent

#434DE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6CE

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

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