#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
RGBrgb(81, 214, 194)
HSLhsl(171, 62%, 58%)
HSVhsv(171, 62%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(62.1%, 0%, 9.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.31, -40.84, -0.86)
CIE-LCHlch(78.31, 40.85, 181.21°)
OKLaboklab(79.81% -0.119 -0.003)
OKLCHoklch(79.81% 0.119 181.4)
XYZxyz(37.1730, 53.7335, 59.4410)
Luminance0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##51D6C21.001.7911.7511.75
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7521.001.001.00
##00000011.7521.001.001.00

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

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#51D6C2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva