#51D7CE#51D7CE

#51D7CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.116 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D7CE
RGB	rgb(81, 215, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -38.17, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 38.69, 189.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.1148 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.116 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8293, 54.8022, 66.9121)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D7CE #D7515A

analogous

#51D78B #51D7CE #519DD7

triadic

#51D7CE #CE51D7 #D7CE51

tetradic

#51D7CE #8B51D7 #D7515A #9DD751

square

#51D7CE #8B51D7 #D7515A #9DD751

split-complementary

#51D7CE #D7519D #D78B51

monochromatic

#208D86 #2CBFB5 #51D7CE #83E2DC #B5EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#51D7CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#51D7CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D7CE

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D7CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D7CE	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d7ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 215, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.116 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4dc',
    500: '#51d7ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d7ce;
$custom-light: #91e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d7ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.97,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80421,
    "c": 0.11618,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D7CE

secondary

#93393F

accent

#424DE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D7CE

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

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