#51D7DC#51D7DC

#51D7DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.115 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D7DC
RGB	rgb(81, 215, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -34.35, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 36.82, 201.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.1088 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.115 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6064, 55.5131, 76.2713)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D7DC #DC5651

analogous

#51DC9C #51D7DC #5192DC

triadic

#51D7DC #DC51D7 #D7DC51

tetradic

#51D7DC #9C51DC #DC5651 #92DC51

square

#51D7DC #9C51DC #DC5651 #92DC51

split-complementary

#51D7DC #DC5192 #DC9C51

monochromatic

#1E9095 #28C2C8 #51D7DC #84E3E6 #B7EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#51D7DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#51D7DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D7DC

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D7DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D7DC	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d7dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 215, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.115 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e4e6',
    500: '#51d7dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d7dc;
$custom-light: #92e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d7dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.158,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80888,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D7DC

secondary

#993B38

accent

#453EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D7DC

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

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