#51DAE0#51DAE0

#51DAE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.117 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DAE0
RGB	rgb(81, 218, 224)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -34.64, -13.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 37.33, 201.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1102 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.117 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9134, 57.2693, 79.3517)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DAE0 #E05751

analogous

#51E09E #51DAE0 #5193E0

triadic

#51DAE0 #E051DA #DAE051

tetradic

#51DAE0 #9E51E0 #E05751 #93E051

square

#51DAE0 #9E51E0 #E05751 #93E051

split-complementary

#51DAE0 #E05193 #E09E51

monochromatic

#1C969B #25C8CF #51DAE0 #85E5E9 #B9F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#51DAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#51DAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DAE0

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DAE0	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 218, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.117 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e6e9',
    500: '#51dae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dae0;
$custom-light: #93e6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.517,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81733,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DAE0

secondary

#9F3B37

accent

#433BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DAE0

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

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