#51DCCE#51DCCE

#51DCCE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.120 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCCE
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 206)
HSL	hsl(174, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 6.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -40.43, -4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 40.65, 185.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.1199 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.121 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1220, 57.3876, 67.3430)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCCE #DC515F

analogous

#51DC89 #51DCCE #51A5DC

triadic

#51DCCE #CE51DC #DCCE51

tetradic

#51DCCE #8951DC #DC515F #A5DC51

square

#51DCCE #8951DC #DC515F #A5DC51

split-complementary

#51DCCE #DC51A5 #DC8951

monochromatic

#1E9589 #28C8B8 #51DCCE #84E6DC #B7F0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#51DCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCCE

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCCE	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.120 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7dc',
    500: '#51dcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcce;
$custom-light: #92e7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.957,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81615,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCCE

secondary

#993842

accent

#3E50E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCCE

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

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