#51DCD2#51DCD2

#51DCD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.119 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCD2
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 210)
HSL	hsl(176, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 4.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -39.38, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 39.86, 188.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.1182 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.119 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6141, 57.5844, 69.9347)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCD2 #DC515B

analogous

#51DC8D #51DCD2 #51A1DC

triadic

#51DCD2 #D251DC #DCD251

tetradic

#51DCD2 #8D51DC #DC515B #A1DC51

square

#51DCD2 #8D51DC #DC515B #A1DC51

split-complementary

#51DCD2 #DC51A1 #DC8D51

monochromatic

#1E958C #28C8BC #51DCD2 #84E6DF #B7F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#51DCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCD2

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCD2	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.119 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7df',
    500: '#51dcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcd2;
$custom-light: #92e7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.683,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8174,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCD2

secondary

#99383F

accent

#3E4BE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCD2

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

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