#51D6C2#51D6C2

#51D6C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.119 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6C2
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 194)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(171, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 9.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -40.84, -0.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 40.85, 181.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.119 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.119 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1730, 53.7335, 59.4410)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6C2 #D65165

analogous

#51D67F #51D6C2 #51A8D6

triadic

#51D6C2 #C251D6 #D6C251

tetradic

#51D6C2 #7F51D6 #D65165 #A8D651

square

#51D6C2 #7F51D6 #D65165 #A8D651

split-complementary

#51D6C2 #D651A8 #D67F51

monochromatic

#218C7C #2DBDA7 #51D6C2 #83E2D3 #B4EDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#51D6C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#51D6C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6C2

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6C2	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCAC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BCC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.119 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3d4',
    500: '#51d6c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6c2;
$custom-light: #90e3d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.977,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79809,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6C2

secondary

#923A47

accent

#435BE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6C2

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

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