#51DADC#51DADC

#51DADC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.117 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DADC
RGB	rgb(81, 218, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -35.75, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 37.70, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.1119 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.117 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3773, 57.0549, 76.5283)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DADC #DC5351

analogous

#51DC99 #51DADC #5195DC

triadic

#51DADC #DC51DA #DADC51

tetradic

#51DADC #9951DC #DC5351 #95DC51

square

#51DADC #9951DC #DC5351 #95DC51

split-complementary

#51DADC #DC5195 #DC9951

monochromatic

#1E9395 #28C5C8 #51DADC #84E5E6 #B7F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#51DADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DADC

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DADC	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 218, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.117 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e6e6',
    500: '#51dadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dadc;
$custom-light: #92e6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.863,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81596,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DADC

secondary

#993938

accent

#413EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DADC

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

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