#51D7CC#51D7CC

#51D7CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.117 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D7CC
RGB	rgb(81, 215, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 5.1%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -38.70, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 39.07, 187.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.1157 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.117 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5879, 54.7057, 65.6406)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D7CC #D7515C

analogous

#51D789 #51D7CC #519FD7

triadic

#51D7CC #CC51D7 #D7CC51

tetradic

#51D7CC #8951D7 #D7515C #9FD751

square

#51D7CC #8951D7 #D7515C #9FD751

split-complementary

#51D7CC #D7519F #D78951

monochromatic

#208D84 #2CBFB3 #51D7CC #83E2DB #B5EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#51D7CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#51D7CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D7CC

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D7CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D7CC	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d7cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 215, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.117 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4db',
    500: '#51d7cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d7cc;
$custom-light: #91e4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d7cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.075,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80358,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D7CC

secondary

#933941

accent

#4250E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D7CC

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

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