#51DDCD#51DDCD

#51DDCD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.122 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DDCD
RGB	rgb(81, 221, 205)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 7.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -41.14, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 41.27, 184.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.1213 -0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.122 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2642, 57.8656, 66.7930)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DDCD #DD5161

analogous

#51DD87 #51DDCD #51A7DD

triadic

#51DDCD #CD51DD #DDCD51

tetradic

#51DDCD #8751DD #DD5161 #A7DD51

square

#51DDCD #8751DD #DD5161 #A7DD51

split-complementary

#51DDCD #DD51A7 #DD8751

monochromatic

#1D9688 #27C9B7 #51DDCD #84E7DC #B7F1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#51DDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DDCD

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DDCD	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ddcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 221, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.122 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e8dc',
    500: '#51ddcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51ddcd;
$custom-light: #92e8dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ddcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.143,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81822,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DDCD

secondary

#9B3843

accent

#3E51EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DDCD

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

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