#51D6BD#51D6BD

#51D6BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.121 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6BD
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 11.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -42.10, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 42.13, 177.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.1213 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.121 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6209, 53.5127, 56.5333)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6BD #D6516A

analogous

#51D67B #51D6BD #51ACD6

triadic

#51D6BD #BD51D6 #D6BD51

tetradic

#51D6BD #7B51D6 #D6516A #ACD651

square

#51D6BD #7B51D6 #D6516A #ACD651

split-complementary

#51D6BD #D651AC #D67B51

monochromatic

#218C78 #2DBDA2 #51D6BD #83E2D0 #B4EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#51D6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#51D6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6BD

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6BD	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.121 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3d0',
    500: '#51d6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6bd;
$custom-light: #90e3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.722,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79661,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6BD

secondary

#923A4A

accent

#4361E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6BD

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

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