#51D8AE#51D8AE

#51D8AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.133 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51D8AE
RGB	rgb(81, 216, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(161, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 19.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -46.58, 9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 47.63, 167.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.1301 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.133 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5854, 53.9133, 48.5671)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51D8AE #D8517B

analogous

#51D86A #51D8AE #51BFD8

triadic

#51D8AE #AE51D8 #D8AE51

tetradic

#51D8AE #6A51D8 #D8517B #BFD851

square

#51D8AE #6A51D8 #D8517B #BFD851

split-complementary

#51D8AE #D851BF #D86A51

monochromatic

#208F6C #2BC192 #51D8AE #83E3C5 #B5EEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#51D8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#51D8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51D8AE

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51D8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51D8AE	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BCB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51d8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 216, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.133 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5c6',
    500: '#51d8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51d8ae;
$custom-light: #8fe5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51d8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79732,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51D8AE

secondary

#943955

accent

#4175E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #51D8AE

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

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