#51DFE1#51DFE1

#51DFE1 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.120 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DFE1
RGB	rgb(81, 223, 225)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -36.69, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 38.67, 198.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.1148 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.12 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3656, 59.9561, 80.5068)
Luminance	0.5996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DFE1 #E15351

analogous

#51E19B #51DFE1 #5197E1

triadic

#51DFE1 #E151DF #DFE151

tetradic

#51DFE1 #9B51E1 #E15351 #97E151

square

#51DFE1 #9B51E1 #E15351 #97E151

split-complementary

#51DFE1 #E15197 #E19B51

monochromatic

#1B9B9D #24CED1 #51DFE1 #85E9EA #B9F2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#51DFE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#51DFE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DFE1

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DFE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DFE1	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dfe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 223, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.120 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93e9ea',
    500: '#51dfe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dfe1;
$custom-light: #93e9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dfe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82943,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DFE1

secondary

#A03836

accent

#3D3AED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DFE1

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

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