#51D7CD#51D7CD

#51D7CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.116 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D7CD
RGB	rgb(81, 215, 205)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 4.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -38.43, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 38.88, 188.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.1152 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.116 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7082, 54.7538, 66.2743)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D7CD #D7515B

analogous

#51D78A #51D7CD #519ED7

triadic

#51D7CD #CD51D7 #D7CD51

tetradic

#51D7CD #8A51D7 #D7515B #9ED751

square

#51D7CD #8A51D7 #D7515B #9ED751

split-complementary

#51D7CD #D7519E #D78A51

monochromatic

#208D85 #2CBFB4 #51D7CD #83E2DB #B5EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#51D7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#51D7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D7CD

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D7CD	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 215, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.116 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4dc',
    500: '#51d7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d7cd;
$custom-light: #91e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.522,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80389,
    "c": 0.11641,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D7CD

secondary

#933940

accent

#424EE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D7CD

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

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