#51D6CF#51D6CF

#51D6CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.115 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6CF
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 207)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -37.44, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 38.15, 191.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.1133 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.115 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6973, 54.3433, 67.4693)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6CF #D65158

analogous

#51D68C #51D6CF #519AD6

triadic

#51D6CF #CF51D6 #D6CF51

tetradic

#51D6CF #8C51D6 #D65158 #9AD651

square

#51D6CF #8C51D6 #D65158 #9AD651

split-complementary

#51D6CF #D6519A #D68C51

monochromatic

#218C86 #2DBDB6 #51D6CF #83E2DD #B4EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#51D6CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#51D6CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6CF

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6CF	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.115 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e3dd',
    500: '#51d6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6cf;
$custom-light: #91e3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80215,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6CF

secondary

#923A3E

accent

#434BE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6CF

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

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