#51DCD6#51DCD6

#51DCD6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.119 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCD6
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 214)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -38.31, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 39.16, 191.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.1164 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.119 191)
XYZ	xyz(41.1187, 57.7863, 72.5921)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCD6 #DC5157

analogous

#51DC91 #51DCD6 #519DDC

triadic

#51DCD6 #D651DC #DCD651

tetradic

#51DCD6 #9151DC #DC5157 #9DDC51

square

#51DCD6 #9151DC #DC5157 #9DDC51

split-complementary

#51DCD6 #DC519D #DC9151

monochromatic

#1E9590 #28C8C1 #51DCD6 #84E6E2 #B7F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#51DCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCD6

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCD6	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC1D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.119 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7e2',
    500: '#51dcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcd6;
$custom-light: #92e7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.41,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81869,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.57791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCD6

secondary

#99383C

accent

#3E46E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCD6

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

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