#51DCDE#51DCDE

#51DCDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.118 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCDE
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -36.13, -12.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 38.09, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.113 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.118 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1655, 58.2050, 78.1056)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCDE #DE5351

analogous

#51DE9A #51DCDE #5196DE

triadic

#51DCDE #DE51DC #DCDE51

tetradic

#51DCDE #9A51DE #DE5351 #96DE51

square

#51DCDE #9A51DE #DE5351 #96DE51

split-complementary

#51DCDE #DE5196 #DE9A51

monochromatic

#1D9698 #27C9CB #51DCDE #84E6E8 #B8F1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#51DCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#51DCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCDE

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCDE	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.118 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7e8',
    500: '#51dcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dcde;
$custom-light: #93e7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.851,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82135,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCDE

secondary

#9C3937

accent

#3F3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCDE

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

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