#51DCD4#51DCD4

#51DCD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.119 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCD4
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 212)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 3.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -38.85, -7.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 39.50, 190.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.1173 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.119 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8648, 57.6847, 71.2552)
Luminance	0.5769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCD4 #DC5159

analogous

#51DC8F #51DCD4 #519FDC

triadic

#51DCD4 #D451DC #DCD451

tetradic

#51DCD4 #8F51DC #DC5159 #9FDC51

square

#51DCD4 #8F51DC #DC5159 #9FDC51

split-complementary

#51DCD4 #DC519F #DC8F51

monochromatic

#1E958E #28C8BE #51DCD4 #84E6E1 #B7F0ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DCD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#51DCD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCD4

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCD4	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.119 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7e1',
    500: '#51dcd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcd4;
$custom-light: #92e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.547,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81804,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCD4

secondary

#99383E

accent

#3E48E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCD4

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

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