#51DCD5#51DCD5

#51DCD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.119 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCD5
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 213)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -38.58, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 39.33, 191.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.1169 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.119 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9914, 57.7353, 71.9216)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCD5 #DC5158

analogous

#51DC90 #51DCD5 #519EDC

triadic

#51DCD5 #D551DC #DCD551

tetradic

#51DCD5 #9051DC #DC5158 #9EDC51

square

#51DCD5 #9051DC #DC5158 #9EDC51

split-complementary

#51DCD5 #DC519E #DC9051

monochromatic

#1E958F #28C8C0 #51DCD5 #84E6E1 #B7F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DCD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#51DCD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCD5

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCD5	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC1D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.119 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7e1',
    500: '#51dcd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcd5;
$custom-light: #92e7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.978,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81837,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCD5

secondary

#99383D

accent

#3E47E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCD5

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

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