#51DCD3#51DCD3

#51DCD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.119 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCD3
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 211)
HSL	hsl(176, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 4.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -39.11, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 39.67, 189.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.1177 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.119 189)
XYZ	xyz(40.7391, 57.6344, 70.5929)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCD3 #DC515A

analogous

#51DC8E #51DCD3 #51A0DC

triadic

#51DCD3 #D351DC #DCD351

tetradic

#51DCD3 #8E51DC #DC515A #A0DC51

square

#51DCD3 #8E51DC #DC515A #A0DC51

split-complementary

#51DCD3 #DC51A0 #DC8E51

monochromatic

#1E958D #28C8BD #51DCD3 #84E6E0 #B7F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#51DCD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#51DCD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCD3

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCD3	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.119 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7e0',
    500: '#51dcd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcd3;
$custom-light: #92e7e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.115,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81772,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.57639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCD3

secondary

#99383E

accent

#3E49E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCD3

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

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