#51DCDD#51DCDD

#51DCDD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.118 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCDD
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 221)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -36.41, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 38.20, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.1135 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.118 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0319, 58.1516, 77.4018)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCDD #DD5251

analogous

#51DD98 #51DCDD #5196DD

triadic

#51DCDD #DD51DC #DCDD51

tetradic

#51DCDD #9851DD #DD5251 #96DD51

square

#51DCDD #9851DD #DD5251 #96DD51

split-complementary

#51DCDD #DD5196 #DD9851

monochromatic

#1D9596 #27C8C9 #51DCDD #84E6E7 #B7F1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#51DCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#51DCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCDD

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCDD	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.118 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7e7',
    500: '#51dcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcdd;
$custom-light: #93e7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.429,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82101,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCDD

secondary

#9B3838

accent

#3F3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCDD

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

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