#51D6C8#51D6C8

#51D6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.117 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D6C8
RGB	rgb(81, 214, 200)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 6.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -39.29, -3.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 39.48, 185.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.1164 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.117 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8605, 54.0085, 63.0618)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D6C8 #D6515F

analogous

#51D685 #51D6C8 #51A2D6

triadic

#51D6C8 #C851D6 #D6C851

tetradic

#51D6C8 #8551D6 #D6515F #A2D651

square

#51D6C8 #8551D6 #D6515F #A2D651

split-complementary

#51D6C8 #D651A2 #D68551

monochromatic

#218C80 #2DBDAE #51D6C8 #83E2D8 #B4EDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#51D6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#51D6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D6C8

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D6C8	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCBC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 214, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.117 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3d8',
    500: '#51d6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d6c8;
$custom-light: #90e3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79993,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D6C8

secondary

#923A43

accent

#4354E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D6C8

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

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