#51DCD7#51DCD7

#51DCD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.118 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCD7
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 215)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -38.04, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 39.01, 192.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.116 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.118 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2468, 57.8375, 73.2668)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCD7 #DC5156

analogous

#51DC92 #51DCD7 #519CDC

triadic

#51DCD7 #D751DC #DCD751

tetradic

#51DCD7 #9251DC #DC5156 #9CDC51

square

#51DCD7 #9251DC #DC5156 #9CDC51

split-complementary

#51DCD7 #DC519C #DC9251

monochromatic

#1E9590 #28C8C2 #51DCD7 #84E6E3 #B7F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DCD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#51DCD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCD7

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCD7	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.118 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7e3',
    500: '#51dcd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcd7;
$custom-light: #92e7e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.842,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81902,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCD7

secondary

#99383B

accent

#3E45E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCD7

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

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