#51D6BE#51D6BE

#51D6BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.121 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6BE
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 190)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 11.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -41.85, 1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 41.87, 178.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.1208 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.121 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7298, 53.5563, 57.1069)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6BE #D65169

analogous

#51D67B #51D6BE #51ABD6

triadic

#51D6BE #BE51D6 #D6BE51

tetradic

#51D6BE #7B51D6 #D65169 #ABD651

square

#51D6BE #7B51D6 #D65169 #ABD651

split-complementary

#51D6BE #D651AB #D67B51

monochromatic

#218C78 #2DBDA3 #51D6BE #83E2D1 #B4EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#51D6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#51D6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6BE

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6BE	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.121 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3d1',
    500: '#51d6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6be;
$custom-light: #90e3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.173,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7969,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6BE

secondary

#923A49

accent

#4360E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6BE

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

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