#51DDCE#51DDCE

#51DDCE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.121 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DDCE
RGB	rgb(81, 221, 206)
HSL	hsl(174, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 6.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -40.88, -3.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 41.05, 185.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.1209 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.121 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3852, 57.9141, 67.4307)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DDCE #DD5160

analogous

#51DD88 #51DDCE #51A6DD

triadic

#51DDCE #CE51DD #DDCE51

tetradic

#51DDCE #8851DD #DD5160 #A6DD51

square

#51DDCE #8851DD #DD5160 #A6DD51

split-complementary

#51DDCE #DD51A6 #DD8851

monochromatic

#1D9689 #27C9B8 #51DDCE #84E7DC #B7F1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#51DDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#51DDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DDCE

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DDCE	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC2D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51ddce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 221, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.121 185.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51ddce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81853,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DDCE

secondary

#9B3842

accent

#3E50EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DDCE

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

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