#51DCE6#51DCE6

#51DCE6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.118 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DCE6
RGB	rgb(81, 220, 230)
HSL	hsl(184, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -33.90, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 37.46, 205.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.1097 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.118 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2633, 58.6441, 83.8869)
Luminance	0.5865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DCE6 #E65B51

analogous

#51E6A5 #51DCE6 #5191E6

triadic

#51DCE6 #E651DC #DCE651

tetradic

#51DCE6 #A551E6 #E65B51 #91E651

square

#51DCE6 #A551E6 #E65B51 #91E651

split-complementary

#51DCE6 #E65191 #E6A551

monochromatic

#189BA5 #1FCEDA #51DCE6 #87E7EE #BCF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#51DCE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#51DCE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DCE6

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DCE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DCE6	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C2E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 220, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.118 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e7ed',
    500: '#51dce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dce6;
$custom-light: #93e7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.027,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82412,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DCE6

secondary

#A73C34

accent

#1C0ED7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DCE6

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

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