#51D2BC#51D2BC

#51D2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.118 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D2BC
RGB	rgb(81, 210, 188)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 10.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -40.58, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 40.58, 179.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.1176 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.118 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5128, 51.4696, 55.6303)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D2BC #D25167

analogous

#51D27B #51D2BC #51A8D2

triadic

#51D2BC #BC51D2 #D2BC51

tetradic

#51D2BC #7B51D2 #D25167 #A8D251

square

#51D2BC #7B51D2 #D25167 #A8D251

split-complementary

#51D2BC #D251A8 #D27B51

monochromatic

#238675 #2FB79F #51D2BC #82DFCF #B2EBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#51D2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#51D2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D2BC

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D2BC	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 210, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.118 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe0d0',
    500: '#51d2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d2bc;
$custom-light: #8fe0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.767,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78665,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D2BC

secondary

#8D3B49

accent

#4660E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D2BC

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

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