#51D5BA#51D5BA

#51D5BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.122 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D5BA
RGB	rgb(81, 213, 186)
HSL	hsl(168, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(168, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 12.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -42.41, 2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 42.49, 176.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.1216 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.122 177)
XYZ	xyz(36.0463, 52.8792, 54.7519)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D5BA #D5516C

analogous

#51D578 #51D5BA #51AED5

triadic

#51D5BA #BA51D5 #D5BA51

tetradic

#51D5BA #7851D5 #D5516C #AED551

square

#51D5BA #7851D5 #D5516C #AED551

split-complementary

#51D5BA #D551AE #D57851

monochromatic

#218A75 #2DBC9E #51D5BA #82E1CE #B4EDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#51D5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#51D5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D5BA

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D5BA	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 213, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.122 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e2ce',
    500: '#51d5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d5ba;
$custom-light: #90e2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79332,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.52883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D5BA

secondary

#903A4C

accent

#4464E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D5BA

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

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