#51D9D7#51D9D7

#51D9D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.116 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D9D7
RGB	rgb(81, 217, 215)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.77, -36.66, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.77, 37.98, 195.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.113 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.116 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4665, 56.2769, 73.0067)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D9D7 #D95153

analogous

#51D993 #51D9D7 #5197D9

triadic

#51D9D7 #D751D9 #D9D751

tetradic

#51D9D7 #9351D9 #D95153 #97D951

square

#51D9D7 #9351D9 #D95153 #97D951

split-complementary

#51D9D7 #D95197 #D99351

monochromatic

#1F908E #2AC2C0 #51D9D7 #83E4E3 #B5EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#51D9D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#51D9D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D9D7

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D9D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D9D7	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 217, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.116 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e5e3',
    500: '#51d9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d9d7;
$custom-light: #92e5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81191,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D9D7

secondary

#95393A

accent

#4143E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D9D7

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

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