#51DAC4#51DAC4

#51DAC4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.122 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DAC4
RGB	rgb(81, 218, 196)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -42.11, -0.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 42.11, 180.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.1223 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.122 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4239, 55.8735, 60.9735)
Luminance	0.5588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DAC4 #DA5167

analogous

#51DA7F #51DAC4 #51ABDA

triadic

#51DAC4 #C451DA #DAC451

tetradic

#51DAC4 #7F51DA #DA5167 #ABDA51

square

#51DAC4 #7F51DA #DA5167 #ABDA51

split-complementary

#51DAC4 #DA51AB #DA7F51

monochromatic

#1F927F #2AC4AB #51DAC4 #83E5D5 #B6EFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#51DAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#51DAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DAC4

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DAC4	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBFC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 218, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.122 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e6d5',
    500: '#51dac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dac4;
$custom-light: #91e6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.365,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DAC4

secondary

#973948

accent

#405BE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DAC4

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

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