#51DECE#51DECE

#51DECE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.122 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DECE
RGB	rgb(81, 222, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 7.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -41.32, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 41.46, 184.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.1219 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.122 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6501, 58.4437, 67.5190)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DECE #DE5161

analogous

#51DE87 #51DECE #51A8DE

triadic

#51DECE #CE51DE #DECE51

tetradic

#51DECE #8751DE #DE5161 #A8DE51

square

#51DECE #8751DE #DE5161 #A8DE51

split-complementary

#51DECE #DE51A8 #DE8751

monochromatic

#1D988A #27CBB9 #51DECE #84E8DC #B8F2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#51DECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#51DECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DECE

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DECE	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 222, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.122 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92e9dc',
    500: '#51dece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dece;
$custom-light: #92e9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.191,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82092,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DECE

secondary

#9C3743

accent

#3D51EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DECE

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

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