#51DFDE#51DFDE

#51DFDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.120 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DFDE
RGB	rgb(81, 223, 222)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 0.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -37.52, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 39.02, 195.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.1161 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.12 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9600, 59.7939, 78.3704)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DFDE #DF5152

analogous

#51DF97 #51DFDE #5199DF

triadic

#51DFDE #DE51DF #DFDE51

tetradic

#51DFDE #9751DF #DF5152 #99DF51

square

#51DFDE #9751DF #DF5152 #99DF51

split-complementary

#51DFDE #DF5199 #DF9751

monochromatic

#1C9999 #26CDCC #51DFDE #85E9E8 #B8F2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#51DFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#51DFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DFDE

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DFDE	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC4DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 223, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.120 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e9e8',
    500: '#51dfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dfde;
$custom-light: #93e9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.577,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82842,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DFDE

secondary

#9D3738

accent

#3C3DEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DFDE

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

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