#51DCD8#51DCD8

#51DCD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.118 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCD8
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 216)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 1.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -37.77, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 38.85, 193.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.1156 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.118 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3757, 57.8891, 73.9456)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCD8 #DC5155

analogous

#51DC93 #51DCD8 #519BDC

triadic

#51DCD8 #D851DC #DCD851

tetradic

#51DCD8 #9351DC #DC5155 #9BDC51

square

#51DCD8 #9351DC #DC5155 #9BDC51

split-complementary

#51DCD8 #DC519B #DC9351

monochromatic

#1E9591 #28C8C3 #51DCD8 #84E6E3 #B7F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DCD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#51DCD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCD8

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCD8	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.118 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7e4',
    500: '#51dcd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcd8;
$custom-light: #92e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.273,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81935,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCD8

secondary

#99383B

accent

#3E43E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCD8

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

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