#51DACE#51DACE

#51DACE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.119 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DACE
RGB	rgb(81, 218, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -39.53, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 39.85, 187.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.1179 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.119 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6003, 56.3441, 67.1691)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DACE #DA515D

analogous

#51DA89 #51DACE #51A1DA

triadic

#51DACE #CE51DA #DACE51

tetradic

#51DACE #8951DA #DA515D #A1DA51

square

#51DACE #8951DA #DA515D #A1DA51

split-complementary

#51DACE #DA51A1 #DA8951

monochromatic

#1F9288 #2AC4B7 #51DACE #83E5DC #B6EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#51DACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#51DACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DACE

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DACE	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 218, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.119 186.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.745,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81137,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DACE

secondary

#973941

accent

#404FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DACE

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

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