#51DCD9#51DCD9

#51DCD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.118 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCD9
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 217)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -37.50, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 38.71, 194.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.1152 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.118 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5053, 57.9409, 74.6285)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCD9 #DC5154

analogous

#51DC94 #51DCD9 #519ADC

triadic

#51DCD9 #D951DC #DCD951

tetradic

#51DCD9 #9451DC #DC5154 #9ADC51

square

#51DCD9 #9451DC #DC5154 #9ADC51

split-complementary

#51DCD9 #DC519A #DC9451

monochromatic

#1E9592 #28C8C4 #51DCD9 #84E6E4 #B7F0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#51DCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCD9

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCD9	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.118 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7e4',
    500: '#51dcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcd9;
$custom-light: #92e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.705,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81968,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCD9

secondary

#99383A

accent

#3E42E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCD9

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

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