#51DACD#51DACD

#51DACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.119 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DACD
RGB	rgb(81, 218, 205)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -39.79, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 40.05, 186.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.1183 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.119 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4792, 56.2956, 66.5313)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DACD #DA515E

analogous

#51DA88 #51DACD #51A2DA

triadic

#51DACD #CD51DA #DACD51

tetradic

#51DACD #8851DA #DA515E #A2DA51

square

#51DACD #8851DA #DA515E #A2DA51

split-complementary

#51DACD #DA51A2 #DA8851

monochromatic

#1F9287 #2AC4B5 #51DACD #83E5DC #B6EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#51DACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#51DACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DACD

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DACD	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)

#CFCFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 218, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.119 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e6dc',
    500: '#51dacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dacd;
$custom-light: #91e6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.307,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81106,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DACD

secondary

#973941

accent

#4050E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DACD

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

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