#51DAC8#51DAC8

#51DAC8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.121 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#51DAC8
RGB	rgb(81, 218, 200)
HSL	hsl(172, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 0%, 8.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -41.09, -2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 41.14, 182.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.1205 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.121 183)
XYZ	xyz(38.8852, 56.0581, 63.4034)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#51DAC8 #DA5163

analogous

#51DA83 #51DAC8 #51A7DA

triadic

#51DAC8 #C851DA #DAC851

tetradic

#51DAC8 #8351DA #DA5163 #A7DA51

square

#51DAC8 #8351DA #DA5163 #A7DA51

split-complementary

#51DAC8 #DA51A7 #DA8351

monochromatic

#1F9283 #2AC4B0 #51DAC8 #83E5D8 #B6EFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#51DAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#51DAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #51DAC8

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##51DAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##51DAC8	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #51dac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 218, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.121 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e6d8',
    500: '#51dac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #51dac8;
$custom-light: #91e6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#51dac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.117,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80951,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.56062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#51DAC8

secondary

#973945

accent

#4056E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #51DAC8

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

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