#51DCD1#51DCD1

#51DCD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.120 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCD1
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 209)
HSL	hsl(175, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -39.64, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 40.05, 188.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.1186 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.12 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4899, 57.5348, 69.2807)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCD1 #DC515C

analogous

#51DC8C #51DCD1 #51A2DC

triadic

#51DCD1 #D151DC #DCD151

tetradic

#51DCD1 #8C51DC #DC515C #A2DC51

square

#51DCD1 #8C51DC #DC515C #A2DC51

split-complementary

#51DCD1 #DC51A2 #DC8C51

monochromatic

#1E958B #28C8BB #51DCD1 #84E6DE #B7F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#51DCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCD1

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCD1	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC1D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.120 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7df',
    500: '#51dcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcd1;
$custom-light: #92e7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.252,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81709,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCD1

secondary

#993840

accent

#3E4CE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCD1

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

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