#51D6BC#51D6BC

#51D6BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.122 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6BC
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(168, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -42.35, 2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 42.41, 177.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.1217 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.122 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5127, 53.4694, 55.9636)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6BC #D6516B

analogous

#51D67A #51D6BC #51ADD6

triadic

#51D6BC #BC51D6 #D6BC51

tetradic

#51D6BC #7A51D6 #D6516B #ADD651

square

#51D6BC #7A51D6 #D6516B #ADD651

split-complementary

#51D6BC #D651AD #D67A51

monochromatic

#218C77 #2DBDA1 #51D6BC #83E2CF #B4EDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#51D6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#51D6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6BC

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6BC	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.122 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3d0',
    500: '#51d6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6bc;
$custom-light: #90e3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.271,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79632,
    "c": 0.12181,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6BC

secondary

#923A4B

accent

#4363E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6BC

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

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