#51CDA9#51CDA9

#51CDA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.123 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51CDA9
RGB	rgb(81, 205, 169)
HSL	hsl(163, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 17.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -43.01, 7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 43.71, 169.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.1209 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.123 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3826, 48.2732, 45.1395)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51CDA9 #CD5175

analogous

#51CD6B #51CDA9 #51B3CD

triadic

#51CDA9 #A951CD #CDA951

tetradic

#51CDA9 #6B51CD #CD5175 #B3CD51

square

#51CDA9 #6B51CD #CD5175 #B3CD51

split-complementary

#51CDA9 #CD51B3 #CD6B51

monochromatic

#257F65 #32AF8A #51CDA9 #81DBC0 #B0E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#51CDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#51CDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51CDA9

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51CDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51CDA9	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C0A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51cda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 205, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.123 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eddc2',
    500: '#51cda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51cda9;
$custom-light: #8eddc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51cda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.581,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51CDA9

secondary

#D7A3B2

accent

#4975DF

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F2FBF7

border

#CCD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #51CDA9

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

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