#51DDDC#51DDDC

#51DDDC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.119 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DDDC
RGB	rgb(81, 221, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -37.14, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 38.63, 195.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.1149 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.119 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1623, 58.6249, 76.7900)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DDDC #DD5152

analogous

#51DD96 #51DDDC #5198DD

triadic

#51DDDC #DC51DD #DDDC51

tetradic

#51DDDC #9651DD #DD5152 #98DD51

square

#51DDDC #9651DD #DD5152 #98DD51

split-complementary

#51DDDC #DD5198 #DD9651

monochromatic

#1D9695 #27C9C8 #51DDDC #84E7E6 #B7F1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#51DDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#51DDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DDDC

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DDDC	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)

#CFD3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 221, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.119 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e8e6',
    500: '#51dddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dddc;
$custom-light: #93e8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.571,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82304,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DDDC

secondary

#9B3838

accent

#3E3FEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DDDC

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

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