#51DFDD#51DFDD

#51DFDD is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.120 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DFDD
RGB	rgb(81, 223, 221)
HSL	hsl(179, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -37.79, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 39.15, 195.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.1165 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.12 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8263, 59.7404, 77.6666)
Luminance	0.5975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DFDD #DF5153

analogous

#51DF96 #51DFDD #519ADF

triadic

#51DFDD #DD51DF #DFDD51

tetradic

#51DFDD #9651DF #DF5153 #9ADF51

square

#51DFDD #9651DF #DF5153 #9ADF51

split-complementary

#51DFDD #DF519A #DF9651

monochromatic

#1C9998 #26CDCB #51DFDD #85E9E7 #B8F2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#51DFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#51DFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DFDD

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DFDD	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 223, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.120 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e9e7',
    500: '#51dfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dfdd;
$custom-light: #93e9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82809,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DFDD

secondary

#9D3738

accent

#3C3FEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DFDD

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

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