#51DAD2#51DAD2

#51DAD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.118 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DAD2
RGB	rgb(81, 218, 210)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -38.47, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 39.11, 190.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1161 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.118 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0924, 56.5409, 69.7608)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DAD2 #DA5159

analogous

#51DA8D #51DAD2 #519DDA

triadic

#51DAD2 #D251DA #DAD251

tetradic

#51DAD2 #8D51DA #DA5159 #9DDA51

square

#51DAD2 #8D51DA #DA5159 #9DDA51

split-complementary

#51DAD2 #DA519D #DA8D51

monochromatic

#1F928B #2AC4BB #51DAD2 #83E5DF #B6EFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#51DAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#51DAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DAD2

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DAD2	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 218, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.118 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6df',
    500: '#51dad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dad2;
$custom-light: #92e6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.496,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81265,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DAD2

secondary

#97393E

accent

#404AE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DAD2

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

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