#51D7CA#51D7CA

#51D7CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.117 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D7CA
RGB	rgb(81, 215, 202)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -39.22, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 39.47, 186.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.1165 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.117 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3496, 54.6104, 64.3854)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D7CA #D7515E

analogous

#51D787 #51D7CA #51A1D7

triadic

#51D7CA #CA51D7 #D7CA51

tetradic

#51D7CA #8751D7 #D7515E #A1D751

square

#51D7CA #8751D7 #D7515E #A1D751

split-complementary

#51D7CA #D751A1 #D78751

monochromatic

#208D83 #2CBFB1 #51D7CA #83E2D9 #B5EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#51D7CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#51D7CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D7CA

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D7CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D7CA	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d7ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 215, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.117 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4da',
    500: '#51d7ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d7ca;
$custom-light: #91e4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d7ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.179,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80295,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D7CA

secondary

#933942

accent

#4252E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D7CA

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

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