#51DCDC#51DCDC

#51DCDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.118 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCDC
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -36.68, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 38.31, 196.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.1139 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.118 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8991, 58.0984, 76.7022)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCDC #DC5151

analogous

#51DC97 #51DCDC #5197DC

triadic

#51DCDC #DC51DC #DCDC51

tetradic

#51DCDC #9751DC #DC5151 #97DC51

square

#51DCDC #9751DC #DC5151 #97DC51

split-complementary

#51DCDC #DC5197 #DC9751

monochromatic

#1E9595 #28C8C8 #51DCDC #84E6E6 #B7F0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#51DCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#51DCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCDC

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCDC	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.118 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7e6',
    500: '#51dcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcdc;
$custom-light: #93e7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82068,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCDC

secondary

#993838

accent

#3E3EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCDC

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

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