#51D5C2#51D5C2

#51D5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.118 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D5C2
RGB	rgb(81, 213, 194)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 8.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -40.39, -1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 40.41, 181.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.118 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.118 182)
XYZ	xyz(36.9207, 53.2289, 59.3569)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D5C2 #D55164

analogous

#51D580 #51D5C2 #51A6D5

triadic

#51D5C2 #C251D5 #D5C251

tetradic

#51D5C2 #8051D5 #D55164 #A6D551

square

#51D5C2 #8051D5 #D55164 #A6D551

split-complementary

#51D5C2 #D551A6 #D58051

monochromatic

#218A7B #2DBCA7 #51D5C2 #82E1D3 #B4EDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#51D5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#51D5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D5C2

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D5C2	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC9C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BBC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 213, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.118 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e2d4',
    500: '#51d5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d5c2;
$custom-light: #90e2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79568,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.53233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D5C2

secondary

#903A46

accent

#445BE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D5C2

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

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