#51DCDA#51DCDA

#51DCDA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.118 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCDA
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 218)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -37.23, -10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 38.57, 195.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.1147 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.118 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6358, 57.9931, 75.3156)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCDA #DC5153

analogous

#51DC95 #51DCDA #5199DC

triadic

#51DCDA #DA51DC #DCDA51

tetradic

#51DCDA #9551DC #DC5153 #99DC51

square

#51DCDA #9551DC #DC5153 #99DC51

split-complementary

#51DCDA #DC5199 #DC9551

monochromatic

#1E9593 #28C8C5 #51DCDA #84E6E5 #B7F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DCDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#51DCDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCDA

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCDA	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.118 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e7e5',
    500: '#51dcda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcda;
$custom-light: #92e7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.137,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82001,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCDA

secondary

#993839

accent

#3E41E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCDA

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

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